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CVE-2017-16189

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-16189 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in the sly07 text censoring API. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to access arbitrary files on the server's filesystem by injecting "../" sequences into URLs. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability presents a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and potential for high confidentiality impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are public exploit modules or significant community discussion available.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sly07_project:sly07:0.1.2:*:*:*:*: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 51,485 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-rw6j-rhw7-q94chigh

Directory Traversal in sly07

Jul 23, 2018

References

github.com / JacksonGL/NPM-Vuln-PoC/blob/master/directory-traversal/sly07
ExploitThird Party Advisory
nodesecurity.io / advisories/442
Third Party Advisory