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CVE-2020-15779

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-15779 describes a Path Traversal vulnerability in the socket.io-file package up to version 2.0.31 for Node.js, allowing attackers to manipulate file paths during upload operations. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) can lead to unauthorized file modification or creation due to improper handling of directory traversal sequences in file names. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, suggesting a low current threat landscape.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.0.31CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:socket.io-file_project:socket.io-file:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.58%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0158 is in the 55th 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-9h4g-27m8-qjrghigh

Path Traversal in socket.io-file

Jul 7, 2020

References

github.com / advisories/GHSA-9h4g-27m8-qjrg
Third Party Advisory
github.com / rico345100/socket.io-file
Third Party Advisory
npmjs.com / advisories/1519
ExploitThird Party Advisory
npmjs.com / package/socket.io-file
ProductThird Party Advisory