ghsa-89gv-h8wf-cg8r
Vulnerability from github
Impact
If using affected versions to determine a URL's hostname, the hostname can be spoofed by using a combination of backslash (\) and slash (/) characters as part of the scheme delimiter, e.g. scheme:/\/\/\hostname. If the hostname is used in security decisions, the decision may be incorrect.
Depending on library usage and attacker intent, impacts may include allow/block list bypasses, SSRF attacks, open redirects, or other undesired behavior.
Example URL: https:/\/\/\expected-example.com/path
Escaped string: https:/\\/\\/\\expected-example.com/path (JavaScript strings must escape backslash)
Affected versions incorrectly return no hostname. Patched versions correctly return expected-example.com. Patched versions match the behavior of other parsers which implement the WHATWG URL specification, including web browsers and Node's built-in URL class.
Patches
Version 1.19.7 is patched against all known payload variants.
References
https://github.com/medialize/URI.js/releases/tag/v1.19.7 (fix for this particular bypass) https://github.com/medialize/URI.js/releases/tag/v1.19.6 (fix for related bypass) https://github.com/medialize/URI.js/releases/tag/v1.19.4 (fix for related bypass) https://github.com/medialize/URI.js/releases/tag/v1.19.3 (fix for related bypass) PR #233 (initial fix for backslash handling)
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, open an issue in https://github.com/medialize/URI.js
Reporter credit
ready-research via https://huntr.dev/
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"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "npm",
"name": "urijs"
},
"ranges": [
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"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.19.7"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-3647"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-601"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2021-07-19T16:38:54Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2021-07-16T11:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "### Impact\nIf using affected versions to determine a URL\u0027s hostname, the hostname can be spoofed by using a combination of backslash (`\\`) and slash (`/`) characters as part of the scheme delimiter, e.g. `scheme:/\\/\\/\\hostname`. If the hostname is used in security decisions, the decision may be incorrect.\n\nDepending on library usage and attacker intent, impacts may include allow/block list bypasses, SSRF attacks, open redirects, or other undesired behavior.\n\nExample URL: `https:/\\/\\/\\expected-example.com/path`\nEscaped string: `https:/\\\\/\\\\/\\\\expected-example.com/path` (JavaScript strings must escape backslash)\n\nAffected versions incorrectly return no hostname. Patched versions correctly return `expected-example.com`. Patched versions match the behavior of other parsers which implement the [WHATWG URL specification](https://url.spec.whatwg.org/), including web browsers and [Node\u0027s built-in URL class](https://nodejs.org/api/url.html).\n\n### Patches\nVersion 1.19.7 is patched against all known payload variants.\n\n### References\nhttps://github.com/medialize/URI.js/releases/tag/v1.19.7 (fix for this particular bypass)\nhttps://github.com/medialize/URI.js/releases/tag/v1.19.6 (fix for related bypass)\nhttps://github.com/medialize/URI.js/releases/tag/v1.19.4 (fix for related bypass)\nhttps://github.com/medialize/URI.js/releases/tag/v1.19.3 (fix for related bypass)\n[PR #233](https://github.com/medialize/URI.js/pull/233) (initial fix for backslash handling)\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory, open an issue in https://github.com/medialize/URI.js\n\n### Reporter credit\n[ready-research](https://github.com/ready-research) via https://huntr.dev/",
"id": "GHSA-89gv-h8wf-cg8r",
"modified": "2023-09-07T20:18:00Z",
"published": "2021-07-19T21:22:36Z",
"references": [
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/medialize/URI.js/security/advisories/GHSA-89gv-h8wf-cg8r"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3647"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/medialize/URI.js/pull/233"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/medialize/URI.js/commit/ac43ca8f80c042f0256fb551ea5203863dec4481"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/medialize/URI.js/releases/tag/v1.19.3"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/medialize/URI.js/releases/tag/v1.19.4"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/medialize/URI.js/releases/tag/v1.19.6"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/medialize/URI.js/releases/tag/v1.19.7"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://huntr.dev/bounties/1625558772840-medialize/URI.js"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "URIjs Vulnerable to Hostname spoofing via backslashes in URL "
}
Sightings
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