Arbitrary File Write

Affecting connect-parse-php package, ALL versions

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Overview

connect-parse-php is a php parsing middleware for grunt-contrib-connect.

Affected versions of the package are vulnerable to Directory Traversal, which may allow access to sensitive files and data on the server. For example, requesting the following url /..%2f..%2fetc/passwd would result in /etc/passwd leak.

Thanks to Liang Gong for disclosing this vulnerability!

Remediation

There is no fix version for connect-parse-php.

References

CVSS Score

7.3
high severity
  • Attack Vector
    Network
  • Attack Complexity
    Low
  • Privileges Required
    None
  • User Interaction
    None
  • Scope
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality
    Low
  • Integrity
    Low
  • Availability
    Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:F/RL:U/RC:C
Credit
Liang Gong
CWE
CWE-626
Snyk ID
npm:connect-parse-php:20170511
Disclosed
11 May, 2017
Published
07 Jun, 2017