CVE-2022-25940 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

All versions of package lite-server are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) when an attacker sends an HTTP request and includes control characters that the decodeURI() function is unable to parse.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Lite-server Project	Lite-server

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:lite-server_project:lite-server:-:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://gist.github.com/lirantal/832382155e00da92bfd8bb3adea474eb
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-3175617
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-LITESERVER-3153540

History

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-20
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: snyk

Published: 2022-12-21T01:21:43.830Z

Updated: 2025-04-16T18:34:01.838Z

Reserved: 2022-02-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-25940

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T04:49:44.375Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-20T05:15:11.683

Modified: 2025-04-16T19:15:45.770

Link: CVE-2022-25940

Redhat

No data.

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