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CVE-2019-5484
Bower before 1.8.8 has a path traversal vulnerability permitting file write in arbitrary locations via install command, which allows…
High7.5EPSS 2.6%
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- hackerone
Description
Bower before 1.8.8 has a path traversal vulnerability permitting file write in arbitrary locations via install command, which allows attackers to write arbitrary files when a malicious package is extracted.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.6% · top 15% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
bower
- affected Fixed in >=1.8.8
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
References (5)
- https://hackerone.com/reports/473811 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://snyk.io/blog/severe-security-vulnerability-in-bowers-zip-archive-extraction (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/bower/bower/commit/45c6bfa86f6e57731b153baca9e0b41a1cc699e3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [netbeans-commits] 20200429 [jira] [Created] (NETBEANS-4280) cleanup potential security breaches (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [netbeans-notifications] 20200429 [GitHub] [netbeans] BradWalker opened a new pull request #2110: [NETBEANS-4280] - cleanup potential security breaches (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-p6mr-pxg4-68hx (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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