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GHSA-46C4-8WRP-J99V

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-01-06 20:30 – Updated: 2026-02-03 22:13

Summary

Improper Validation and Sanitization in url-parse

Details

Insufficient validation and sanitization of user input exists in url-parse npm package version 1.4.4 and earlier may allow attacker to bypass security checks.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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CVE-2020-8124 (GCVE-0-2020-8124)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-02-04 19:08 – Updated: 2024-08-04 09:48

Summary

Insufficient validation and sanitization of user input exists in url-parse npm package version 1.4.4 and earlier may allow attacker to bypass security checks.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)

Assigner

hackerone CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard D 59/100 over 195 records in the last 180 days details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://hackerone.com/reports/496293	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	url-parse	Affected: Fixed Version 1.4.5

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