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Fencer Intel
high 8.1

CVE-2016-10625 json

headless-browser-lite downloads Resources over HTTP

published 2018-06-01 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-g95j-p8f6-pwh4 , EUVD-2019-0292

cvss
8.1
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

headless-browser-lite is a minimal npm installer for phantomjs and slimerjs with no external dependencies. headless-browser-lite downloads binary resources over HTTP, which leaves it vulnerable to MITM attacks. It may be possible to cause remote code execution (RCE) by swapping out the requested binary with an attacker controlled binary if the attacker is on the network or positioned in between the user and the remote server.

Patch / fix

  • npm headless-browser-lite 2015.4.18-a
  • headless-browser-lite_project headless-browser-lite 2015.4.18-a

Exploit prediction

1.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
GitHub 3.0 8.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm headless-browser-lite
<2015.4.18-a
2015.4.18-a

Affected products

  • HackerOne headless-browser-lite node module

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-311 Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data
  • CWE-310 Cryptographic Issues

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.