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CVE-2021-21321 (GCVE-0-2021-21321)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-03-02 03:35 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:09
VLAI
Title
Prefix escape
Summary
fastify-reply-from is an npm package which is a fastify plugin to forward the current http request to another server. In fastify-reply-from before version 4.0.2, by crafting a specific URL, it is possible to escape the prefix of the proxied backend service. If the base url of the proxied server is "/pub/", a user expect that accessing "/priv" on the target service would not be possible. In affected versions, it is possible. This is fixed in version 4.0.2.
CWE
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
fastify fastify-reply-from Affected: < 4.0.2
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