Url Parse
CVE-2022-0686
CRITICAL
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Object-level authorization, IDOR prevention
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| Impact | CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | This vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network. Successful exploitation could compromise the critical-severity affected system. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in NPM url-parse prior to 1.5.8. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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 under CWE-639. Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in NPM url-parse prior to 1.5.8. Affected products include: Url-Parse Project Url-Parse. Version information: prior to 1.5.8..
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in NPM url-parse prior to 1.5.8.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in NPM url-parse prior to 1.5.9. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), th
Incorrect parsing in url-parse <1.4.3 returns wrong hostname which leads to multiple vulnerabilities such as SSRF, Open
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in NPM url-parse prior to 1.5.7. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this
url-parse is vulnerable to URL Redirection to Untrusted Site. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is re
url-parse before 1.5.0 mishandles certain uses of backslash such as http:\/ and interprets the URI as a relative path. R
Insufficient validation and sanitization of user input exists in url-parse npm package version 1.4.4 and earlier may all
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