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medium 6.5

CVE-2018-3714 json

Path Traversal in node-srv

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-52r9-g5g6-2hjp , EUVD-2018-0226

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
8.6%
EPSS 8.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
0
none known, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

node-srv node module suffers from a Path Traversal vulnerability due to lack of validation of url, which allows a malicious user to read content of any file with known path.

Patch / fix

  • npm node-srv 2.1.1

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Exploit prediction

8.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Nuclei template node-srv - Local File Inclusion nuclei detection template
  • hackerone.com https://hackerone.com/reports/309124 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm node-srv
<2.1.1
2.1.1

Affected products

  • HackerOne node-srv node module

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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