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CVE-2017-16179

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-16179 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in the dasafio web server, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to access arbitrary .html files on the filesystem by manipulating URLs with "../" sequences. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) requires no user interaction and could lead to information disclosure. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, the flaw remains a potential risk for affected dasafio deployments.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dasafio_project:dasafio:1.2.0:*:*:*:*: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
1.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0170 is in the 60th 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-8xj3-7258-w4q2medium

Directory Traversal in dasafio

Sep 1, 2020

References

github.com / JacksonGL/NPM-Vuln-PoC/blob/master/directory-traversal/dasafio
ExploitThird Party Advisory
nodesecurity.io / advisories/460
Third Party Advisory