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CVE-2017-16157

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-16157 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in the censorify.tanisjr web server and API RESTful service. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this flaw by injecting "../" into a URL, gaining unauthorized access to the underlying filesystem. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high confidentiality impact, though integrity and availability are not affected. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:censorify.tanisjr_project:censorify.tanisjr:0.1.2:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
0.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:censorify.tanisjr_project:censorify.tanisjr:0.1.3:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
0.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:censorify.tanisjr_project:censorify.tanisjr:0.1.4:*:*:*:*: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-776r-w3v9-96mvhigh

Directory Traversal in censorify.tanisjr

Jul 23, 2018

References

github.com / JacksonGL/NPM-Vuln-PoC/blob/master/directory-traversal/censorify.tanisjr
ExploitThird Party Advisory
nodesecurity.io / advisories/392
Third Party Advisory