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CVE-2018-3733

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-05-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

crud-file-server node module before 0.9.0 suffers from a Path Traversal vulnerability due to incorrect validation of url, which allows a malicious user to read content of any file with known path.

Affected products

• HackerOne crud-file-server node module: before 0.9.0 — fixed in 0.9.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: HackerOne crud-file-server node module 0.9.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/omphalos/crud-file-server/commit/4fc3b404f718abb789f4ce4272c39c7a138c7a82
• https://hackerone.com/reports/310690
• https://github.com/omphalos/crud-file-server/commit/4fc3b404f718abb789f4ce4272c39c7a138c7a82
• https://hackerone.com/reports/310690

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