CVE-2017-16126

FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-16126 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in the npm module 'botbait'. This module, designed to track bot and automated tool usage, records sensitive user data including source IP, process versions, platform, and invocation methods. With a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium), this vulnerability allows for low-impact information exposure without requiring user interaction or complex attack vectors. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		<= 2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:botbait_project:botbait::::::node.js::*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

1.4

CvssVersion

3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

0.88%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

55.3%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-24

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0088 is in the 34th percentile among its peer group of 23,690 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-4r5x-qjqc-p579medium

Tracking Module in botbait

Sep 1, 2020

References

nodesecurity.io / advisories/483

Third Party Advisory