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CVE-2018-16475

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-16475 describes a Path Traversal vulnerability in Knightjs versions 0.0.1 and earlier, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to read arbitrary files on a remote server. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a critical security flaw due to its network-based attack vector and high impact on confidentiality with no user interaction required. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit or Nuclei, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:knight_project:knight:*:*:*:*:*: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
1.76%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0176 is in the 58th 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-3hvm-hgpw-rx4jhigh

Path Traversal in knightjs

Nov 6, 2018

References

hackerone.com / reports/403707
ExploitThird Party Advisory