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CVE-2017-16149

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-16149 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in zwserver_project zwserver, a weather web server. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to access arbitrary files on the server's filesystem by injecting "../" sequences into a URL. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to full confidentiality compromise. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code or significant community discussion has been identified.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zwserver_project:zwserver:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0200 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-whcm-29f4-j4mxhigh

Directory Traversal in zwserver

Sep 1, 2020

References

github.com / JacksonGL/NPM-Vuln-PoC/tree/master/directory-traversal/zwserver
ExploitThird Party Advisory
nodesecurity.io / advisories/372
Third Party Advisory