Fastify
CVE-2021-22963
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V3 - Web Frontend Security Redirect URL validation
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Initial Access The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 6.1 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could redirect users to malicious websites via URL manipulation by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
A redirect vulnerability in the fastify-static module version < 4.2.4 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary websites via a double slash // followed by a domain:. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Validate redirect destinations against an allowlist, avoid using user input in redirect URLs.
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Affects 1 package in npm
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Open Redirect (CWE-601), which allows attackers to redirect users to malicious websites via URL manipulation. A redirect vulnerability in the fastify-static module version < 4.2.4 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary websites via a double slash // followed by a domain: http://localhost:3000//google.com/%2e%2e.The issue shows up on all the fastify-static applications that set redirect: true option. By default, it is false. Affected products include: Fastify Fastify-Static.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
A redirect vulnerability in the fastify-static module version < 4.2.4 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary websites via a double slash // followed by a domain: http://localhost:3000//google.com/%2e%2e.The issue shows up on all the fastify-static applications that set redirect: true option. By default, it is false.
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Affected Products (CPE)NVD
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Prototype pollution vulnerability in fastify-multipart < 1.0.5 allows an attacker to crash fastify applications parsing
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A denial of service vulnerability exists in Fastify v2.14.1 and v3.0.0-rc.4 that allows a malicious user to trigger reso
Authorization bypass in the @fastify/express middleware-compatibility plugin (versions 4.0.6 and earlier) lets unauthent
Authentication bypass in @fastify/express v4.0.4 and earlier allows remote unauthenticated attackers to access protected
Middleware bypass in Fastify Express plugin (fastify/express) allows complete circumvention of authentication, authoriza
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Authentication and authorization bypass in @fastify/middie (Node.js middleware library for Fastify) allows remote unauth
Schema authorization bypass in Fastify before 5.12.2 allows an authenticated low-privilege attacker to substitute an arb
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