Path Traversal in Elding Project

CVE-2017-16222

elding is a simple web server. elding is vulnerable to a directory traversal issue, allowing an attacker to access the filesystem by placing "../" in the url. The files accessible, however, are limited to files with a file extension. Sending a GET request to /../../../etc/passwd, for example, will return a 404 on etc/passwd/index.js.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.017 (74.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16222?
CVE-2017-16222 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elding Project, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-06-07.
How severe is CVE-2017-16222?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-16222 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.