Predictive Vulnerability Intelligence.

Product

  • Product
  • Pricing
  • Documentation

Company

  • About
  • Partnerships
  • Blog
  • Support

Legal

  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Data Licensing

© 2026 FAUCET Technologies LLC. All rights reserved.

CVE-2018-16480

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-16480 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in versions of the 'public' module prior to 0.1.4, allowing malicious JavaScript execution due to unsanitized file and folder names. Rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 6.1, this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and could lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts (C:L/I:L). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:public_project:public:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
51.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0077 is in the 59th percentile among its peer group of 26,209 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: publicFixed in: 0.1.4

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-649c-x44h-4q7vmedium

Tnantoka/public XSS Vulnerability

Feb 7, 2019

References

hackerone.com / reports/329950
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
npmjs.com / package/public
Third Party Advisory