CVE-2014-3744
Directory traversal vulnerability in the st module before 0.2.5 for Node.js allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a %2e%2e…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 34.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the st module before 0.2.5 for Node.js allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a %2e%2e (encoded dot dot) in an unspecified path.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Nuclei template for it.
Show the exploits1
Nuclei templates1 template
- Node.js st module Directory Traversal (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2014/CVE-2014-3744.yamlSeverity high
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 34.0% · top 1.6% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
References
5
- [oss-security] 20140514 Re: CVE request: various NodeJS module vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140513 CVE request: various NodeJS module vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://github.com/isaacs/st (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 67389 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/st_directory_traversal (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2020-0600 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-69rr-wvh9-6c4q (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2014-3744)Record last updated .