QID 376659

Date Published: 2022-06-15

QID 376659: W-ZIP NPM Package Path Traversal Vulnerability

The package w-zip versions prior to 1.0.12 are vulnerable to Path Traversal Vulnerability.
Affected Versions:
w-zip versions prior to 1.0.12

QID detection logic(Authenticated): This QID checks for vulnerable versions of w-zip package using the npm list -g command.

Note: w-zip is a npm package that can be installed as a global, developer and production dependency. We can only detect w-zip package if it is installed globally(as a global dependency). This QID checks for vulnerable version of w-zip at default location only.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to Information Disclosure/Denial of Service/Remote Code Execution.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 9.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • Solution
    Customers are requested to update to w-zip version greater than 1.0.12. For more information please refer to NPM w-zip

    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 376659

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    w-zip URL Logo github.com/yuda-lyu/w-zip

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