# CVE-2022-25839: Improper Input Validation

- Also known as: GHSA-RF54-44JR-Q5VF, SNYK-JS-URLJS-2414030
- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.1.0
- Published: 2022-03-11 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- n/a url-js: fixed in 2.1.0
- url-js (npm): fixed in 2.1.0

## Description

The package url-js before 2.1.0 are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation due to improper parsing, which makes it is possible for the hostname to be spoofed. http://\\\\\\\\localhost and http://localhost are the same URL. However, the hostname is not parsed as localhost, and the backslash is reflected as it is.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a url-js, url-js, upgrade to a fixed version (2.1.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-URLJS-2414030
- https://github.com/duzun/URL.js/commit/9dc9fcc99baa4cbda24403d81a589e9b0f4121d0

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