CVE-2016-10661 affects the phantomjs-cheniu project, a Headless WebKit with a JavaScript API. The vulnerability stems from its practice of downloading binary resources over unencrypted HTTP, making it susceptible to Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attacks. This flaw carries a high severity CVSS score of 8.1, as an attacker positioned on the network could swap legitimate resources with malicious ones, potentially leading to remote code execution (RCE). Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:phantomjs-cheniu_project:phantomjs-cheniu:-:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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