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CVE-2018-3716

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-3716 is a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the simplehttpserver node module, stemming from insufficient validation of file names. With a CVSS score of 5.4 (Medium), this vulnerability can be exploited by a low-privileged attacker over the network, requiring user interaction to achieve low impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit or ExploitDB. The vulnerability has received minimal community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:simplehttpserver_project:simplehttpserver:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.3
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
47.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0064 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 15,224 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: simplehttpserverFixed in: 0.1.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-jrhj-2j3q-xf3vmedium

Stored Cross-Site Scripting in simplehttpserver

Jul 26, 2018

References

hackerone.com / reports/309648
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory