Description
hostr is a simple web server that serves up the contents of the current directory. There is a directory traversal vulnerability in hostr 2.3.5 and earlier that allows an attacker to read files outside the current directory by sending `../` in the url path for GET requests.
Remediation
References
https://github.com/henrytseng/hostr/issues/8
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/303
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