Fix a directory traversal vuln #67
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A Directory Traversal attack is made possible due to the lack of real control over the URL that is given as input.
Initializing the payload with this code:
echo -e "GET /../../../../etc/passwd HTTP/1.0\r\nHost: localhost\r\n\r\n" | nc localhost 4000gives the following output:The patched code should be able to prevent this behavior and protect against path traversal attacks.