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CVE-2017-16197

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-16197 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in qinserve, a static file server. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this flaw by manipulating URLs with "../" sequences to access arbitrary files on the underlying filesystem, resulting in high confidentiality impact. Despite its high CVSS score of 7.5, there is no known public exploit code, and it is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, suggesting low public awareness and limited active exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qinserve_project:qinserve:1.0.0:*:*:*:*: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
3.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0319 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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-cxwc-8pqp-2whwhigh

Directory Traversal in qinserve

Sep 1, 2020

References

github.com / JacksonGL/NPM-Vuln-PoC/blob/master/directory-traversal/qinserve
ExploitUS Government Resource
nodesecurity.io / advisories/434
US Government Resource