CVE-2022-25940 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2022-12-21

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

lite-server

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< unspecified

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-7561	lite-server vulnerable to Denial of Service
Github GHSA	GHSA-89w7-5q45-r53w	lite-server vulnerable to Denial of Service

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.

The EPSS score is 0.00508.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

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'}`

Subscriptions

Lite-server Project Lite-server

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

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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