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CVE-2015-1164

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2015-01-21 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Open redirect vulnerability in the serve-static plugin before 1.7.2 for Node.js, when mounted at the root, allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a // (slash slash) followed by a domain in the PATH_INFO to the default URI.

Affected products

• Serve-Static Project Serve-Static: through 1.7.1

References

• http://nodesecurity.io/advisories/serve-static-open-redirect
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72064
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181917
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99936
• https://github.com/expressjs/serve-static/issues/26
• http://nodesecurity.io/advisories/serve-static-open-redirect
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72064
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181917
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99936
• https://github.com/expressjs/serve-static/issues/26

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