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CVE-2020-26291GHSA-3329-PJWV-FJPG

Hostname spoofing in URI.js

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 1.19.4
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

URI.js is a javascript URL mutation library (npm package urijs). In URI.js before version 1.19.4, the hostname can be spoofed by using a backslash (`\`) character followed by an at (`@`) character. 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. For example the URL `https://expected-example.com\@observed-example.com` will incorrectly return `observed-example.com` if using an affected version. 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. Version 1.19.4 is patched against all known payload variants. Version 1.19.3 has a partial patch but is still vulnerable to a payload variant.]

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • medialize URI.js

    fixed in 1.19.4

  • urijsnpm

    fixed in 1.19.4

References 4

GitHub · medialize/URI.js

npmjs.com