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CVE-2017-16029

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-06-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

hostr is a simple web server that serves up the contents of the current directory. There is a directory traversal vulnerability in hostr 2.3.5 and earlier that allows an attacker to read files outside the current directory by sending `../` in the url path for GET requests.

Affected products

• HackerOne hostr node module: through 2.3.5

References

• https://github.com/henrytseng/hostr/issues/8
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/303
• https://github.com/henrytseng/hostr/issues/8
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/303

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