Open Redirect in st

published 2018-06-07 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-72fg-jqhx-c68p , EUVD-2018-0375

cvss: 6.1; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.9%; EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 58%
public exploits: 0; none known

st is a module for serving static files. An attacker is able to craft a request that results in an HTTP 301 (redirect) to an entirely different domain. A request for: http://some.server.com//nodesecurity.org/%2e%2e would result in a 301 to //nodesecurity.org/%2e%2e which most browsers treat as a proper redirect as // is translated into the current schema being used. Mitigating factor: In order for this to work, st must be serving from the root of a server (/) rather than the typical sub directory (/static/) and the redirect URL will end with some form of URL encoded .. ("%2e%2e", "%2e.", ".%2e").

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

npm st 1.2.2

Exploit prediction

0.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

nodesecurity.io https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/547 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	6.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
GitHub	3.0	6.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
npm	st	<1.2.2	1.2.2

Affected products

HackerOne st node module

Classification

Weakness

CWE-601 URL Redirection to Untrusted Site

References

nodesecurity.io /advisories/547
exploit, third-party-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16224
advisory
github.com /advisories/GHSA-72fg-jqhx-c68p
advisory
npmjs.com /advisories/547
web

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary