id: generic-path-traversal info: name: Generic - Path Traversal author: me_dheeraj (https://twitter.com/Dheerajmadhukar) severity: info description: Untrusted user input in readFile()/readFileSync() can endup in Directory Traversal Attacks. tags: file,nodejs file: - extensions: - all matchers: - type: regex regex: - "[^\\.]*\\.createReadStream\\([^\\)]*\\, <[\\s\\S]*?\\> [^\\)]*\\)" - "[^\\.]*\\.readFile\\([^\\)]*\\, <[\\s\\S]*?\\> [^\\)]*\\)" - "[^\\.]*\\.readFileSync\\([^\\)]*\\, <[\\s\\S]*?\\> [^\\)]*\\)" - "[^\\.]*\\.readFileAsync\\([^\\)]*\\, <[\\s\\S]*?\\> [^\\)]*\\)" condition: or # digest: 490a00463044022077a05bec4a7bab41f89e41a82dc9ec945191bc1bd30dddd8f214a5b2eb1e00b902200df3a1bd784aecc8d34e62e7cc01161524651c15b790ae0475a99881bc01c272:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950