GHSA-xwg4-93c6-3h42 · Severity: low · Ecosystem: npm — Directory Traversal in send
visionmedia send before 0.8.4 for Node.js uses a partial comparison for verifying whether a directory is within the document root, which allows remote attackers to access restricted directories, as demonstrated using "public-restricted" under a "public" directory.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-6394 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.84%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-03-30 | 6.64% | 4.84% | -1.80% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 4.84% | 6.64% | +1.80% |
| 3 | 2025-03-17 | — | 4.84% | — |
Full EPSS history (7 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
GHSA-xwg4-93c6-3h42 · Severity: low · Ecosystem: npm — Directory Traversal in send
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2014-6394 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (node-send), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-6394 |
redhat
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low | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6394 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2014-6394 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (node-send), 14 status rows across 14 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 6, DNE 3, released 3, needs-triage 1, not-affected 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-6394 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| fedoraproject | fedora | 19 | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 20 | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 21 | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | xcode | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:xcode:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| joyent | node.js | <= 0.8.3 | cpe:2.3:a:joyent:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| joyent | node.js | 0.8.0 | cpe:2.3:a:joyent:node.js:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| joyent | node.js | 0.8.1 | cpe:2.3:a:joyent:node.js:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| joyent | node.js | 0.8.2 | cpe:2.3:a:joyent:node.js:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |