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CVE-2020-36651

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-36651 is a critical path traversal vulnerability affecting the nodeserver.js file within the youngerheart nodeserver project. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to access arbitrary files on the server, as indicated by its CVSS score of 7.5 (High). While the vulnerability has a high severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion. A patch (c4c0f0138ab5afbac58e03915d446680421bde28) is available and recommended for immediate application.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2020-08-21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nodeserver_project:nodeserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.1
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
55.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0089 is in the 30th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: web-node-serverFixed in: 0.0.11

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-3fwq-qv5v-2wxfhigh

Path Traversal in web-node-server

Jan 18, 2023

References

github.com / youngerheart/nodeserver/commit/c4c0f0138ab5afbac58e03915d446680421bde28
Patch
github.com / youngerheart/nodeserver/pull/6
ExploitPatch
vuldb.com
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
vuldb.com
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory