Path Traversal in Nodeserver Project
CVE-2020-36651
A vulnerability has been found in youngerheart nodeserver and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file nodeserver.js. The manipulation leads to path traversal. The identifier of the patch is c4c0f0138ab5afbac58e03915d446680421bde28. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-218461 was assigned to this vulnerability.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (57.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 57.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- vuldb.com/ (Permissions Required, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- vuldb.com/ (signature, Permissions Required, permissions-required, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/youngerheart/nodeserver/pull/6 (issue-tracking, Exploit, Patch)
- github.com/youngerheart/nodeserver/commit/c4c0f0138ab5afbac58e03915d446680421bd… (Patch, patch)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-36651?
- CVE-2020-36651 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nodeserver Project, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-01-18.
- How severe is CVE-2020-36651?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-36651 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.