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high 7.5

CVE-2018-16493 json

Path Traversal in simplehttpserver

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-45j8-pm75-5v8x , EUVD-2019-0217

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A path traversal vulnerability was found in module static-resource-server 1.7.2 that allows unauthorized read access to any file on the server by appending slashes in the URL.

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Exploit prediction

1.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • hackerone.com https://hackerone.com/reports/432600 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm static-resource-server
<=1.7.2
 no fix listed

Affected products

  • HackerOne static-resource-server

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-548 Exposure of Information Through Directory Listing
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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