CVE-2018-16493 — A path traversal vulnerability was found in module static-resource-server 1

A path traversal vulnerability was found in module static-resource-server 1.7.2 that allows unauthorized read access to any file on the server by appending slashes in the URL.

01What is this vulnerability?

A path traversal vulnerability was found in module static-resource-server 1.7.2 that allows unauthorized read access to any file on the server by appending slashes in the URL.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
HackerOne	static	resource-server — 1.7.2

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-02-01T18:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T10:24:32.903Z

09References

• hackerone.com — https://hackerone.com/reports/432600