Path Traversal in localhost-now

HIGH 7.5CVE-2018-3729 · GHSA-2gjg-5x33-mmp2 · Published 07/06/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2018-3729 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting localhost-now (localhost-now project), localhost-now.
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.0%, higher than 80.7% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 1.0.2 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
localhost-now localhost-now_project	`= 1.0.1`	No fix yet
localhost-now npm	`< 1.0.2`	`1.0.2`

Description

Versions of localhost-now before 1.0.2 are vulnerable to path traversal. This allows a remote attacker to read the content of an arbitrary file.

Recommendation

Update to version 1.0.2 or later.

NVD description

localhost-now node module suffers from a Path Traversal vulnerability due to lack of validation of file, which allows a malicious user to read content of any file with known path.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3729 · ADVISORY
DCKT/localhost-now commit 30b004c · WEB
hackerone.com/reports/312889 · WEB
GitHub Advisory GHSA-2gjg-5x33-mmp2 · ADVISORY
npmjs.com/advisories/582 · WEB

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