CVE-2015-1164: serve-static Open Redirect

January 21, 2015 (updated September 7, 2017)

When using serve-static middleware and it’s configured to mount at the root it creates an open redirect on the site. For example: If a user visits http://example.com//www.google.com/%2e%2e they will be redirected to www.google.com

References

github.com/expressjs/serve-static/issues/26
www.owasp.org/index.php/Open_redirect

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