CVE-2020-26291CWE-20

Hostname spoofing in URI.js

Medium · published December 30, 2020

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
2%
Percentile
77.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.]

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01710 · 77.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation
Published
2020-12-30T23:40Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 30 DEC 23:40Z
    Hostname spoofing in URI.js
    cvelistv5