Open Redirect in Koa-Remove-Trailing-Slashes Project

CVE-2021-23384

The package koa-remove-trailing-slashes before 2.0.2 are vulnerable to Open Redirect via the use of trailing double slashes in the URL when accessing the vulnerable endpoint (such as https://example.com//attacker.example/). The vulnerable code is in index.js::removeTrailingSlashes(), as the web server uses relative URLs instead of absolute URLs.

Vulnerability class: Open Redirect

EPSS: 0.008 (54.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-23384?
CVE-2021-23384 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Koa-Remove-Trailing-Slashes Project, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-05-17.
How severe is CVE-2021-23384?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.