cve/2017/CVE-2017-16224.md

### [CVE-2017-16224](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16224)
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### Description

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").

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#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- https://github.com/ossf-cve-benchmark/CVE-2017-16224