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CVE-2017-16220

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-16220 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in the wind-mvc framework, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to access arbitrary files on the filesystem by manipulating URLs. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.5) requires no user interaction and could lead to full compromise of data confidentiality. While no public exploits, Metasploit modules, or KEV entries exist, and community discussion is minimal, organizations using wind-mvc should patch immediately to mitigate this risk.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wind-mvc_project:wind-mvc:*:*:*:*:*: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
78.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
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-7g8m-5qh9-9pgwhigh

Directory Traversal in wind-mvc

Sep 1, 2020

References

github.com / JacksonGL/NPM-Vuln-PoC/blob/master/directory-traversal/wind-mvc
ExploitThird Party Advisory
nodesecurity.io / advisories/417
Third Party Advisory