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CVE-2018-16483

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-16483 describes an access control vulnerability in express-cart versions 1.1.5 and earlier, allowing unprivileged users to create new administrator accounts. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.8) is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no user interaction, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploits or active exploitation have been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the vulnerability presents a significant risk if exploited.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:express-cart_project:express-cart:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0116 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 17,808 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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: express-cartFixed in: 1.1.6

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-wj36-v8j4-pc7chigh

Authentication Bypass by Spoofing in express-cart

Feb 7, 2019

References

hackerone.com / reports/343626
ExploitThird Party Advisory