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CVE-2018-16489

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-16489 is a critical prototype pollution vulnerability affecting just-extend versions prior to 4.0.0, allowing attackers to inject properties onto Object.prototype. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high potential for confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its critical severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in common frameworks like Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:just-extend_project:just-extend:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0184 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: just-extendFixed in: 4.0.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-675m-85rw-j3w4critical

Prototype Pollution in just-extend

Feb 7, 2019

References

hackerone.com / reports/430291
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory