CVE-2021-27516 (High) detected in urijs-1.19.1.tgz

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CVE-2021-27516 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - urijs-1.19.1.tgz

URI.js is a Javascript library for working with URLs.

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/urijs/-/urijs-1.19.1.tgz

Path to dependency file: /Section30-Building-A-FullStack-App-With-React/fullstack-todo-app/todos-react-frontent/package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /Section28-The-Virtual-DOM-Events-and-Forms/memory-game-exercise/node_modules/urijs/package.json,/Section28-The-Virtual-DOM-Events-and-Forms/memory-game-exercise/node_modules/urijs/package.json,/Section28-The-Virtual-DOM-Events-and-Forms/memory-game-exercise/node_modules/urijs/package.json,/Section28-The-Virtual-DOM-Events-and-Forms/memory-game-exercise/node_modules/urijs/package.json,/Section28-The-Virtual-DOM-Events-and-Forms/memory-game-exercise/node_modules/urijs/package.json,/Section28-The-Virtual-DOM-Events-and-Forms/memory-game-exercise/node_modules/urijs/package.json,/Section28-The-Virtual-DOM-Events-and-Forms/memory-game-exercise/node_modules/urijs/package.json,/Section28-The-Virtual-DOM-Events-and-Forms/memory-game-exercise/node_modules/urijs/package.json,/Section28-The-Virtual-DOM-Events-and-Forms/memory-game-exercise/node_modules/urijs/package.json,/Section28-The-Virtual-DOM-Events-and-Forms/memory-game-exercise/node_modules/urijs/package.json,/Section28-The-Virtual-DOM-Events-and-Forms/memory-game-exercise/node_modules/urijs/package.json,/Section28-The-Virtual-DOM-Events-and-Forms/memory-game-exercise/node_modules/urijs/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• react-scripts-1.1.4.tgz (Root Library)
  • sw-precache-webpack-plugin-0.11.4.tgz
    • sw-precache-5.2.1.tgz
      • dom-urls-1.1.0.tgz
        • ❌ urijs-1.19.1.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

URI.js (aka urijs) before 1.19.6 mishandles certain uses of backslash such as http:/ and interprets the URI as a relative path.

Publish Date: 2021-02-22

URL: CVE-2021-27516

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: High
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-27516

Release Date: 2021-02-22

Fix Resolution (urijs): 1.19.6

Direct dependency fix Resolution (react-scripts): 1.1.5

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