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CVE-2017-16038
`f2e-server` 1.12.11 and earlier is vulnerable to a directory traversal issue, giving an attacker access to the filesystem by placing…
High7.5EPSS 2.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- hackerone
Description
`f2e-server` 1.12.11 and earlier is vulnerable to a directory traversal issue, giving an attacker access to the filesystem by placing "../" in the url. This is compounded by `f2e-server` requiring elevated privileges to run.
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)
- 2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- Account Hijacking
- CWE-22 (opens in a new tab)Other CVEs with CWE-22
Affected products
HackerOne · f2e-server node module
- affected <= 1.12.11
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- npmf2e-serverGHSA-g7j3-p357-cw8p (opens in a new tab)
References (3)
- https://github.com/shy2850/node-server/issues/10 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/shy2850/node-server/pull/12/files (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/346 (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)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-g7j3-p357-cw8p (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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