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CVE-2023-38695

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-38695 describes a path traversal vulnerability in simonsmith cypress_image_snapshot prior to version 8.0.2. An authenticated attacker can exploit this flaw by providing a relative file path as the snapshot name, allowing them to access files outside the project directory on the machine running the tests. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), this vulnerability has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to high confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 8.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:simonsmith:cypress_image_snapshot:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
52.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0080 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 21,974 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 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 (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: @simonsmith/cypress-image-snapshotFixed in: 8.0.2

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-vxjg-hchx-cc4gmedium

@simonsmith/cypress-image-snapshothas fix for insecure snapshot file names

Aug 1, 2023

References

github.com / simonsmith/cypress-image-snapshot/commit/ef49519795daf5183f4fac6f3136e194f20f39f4
Patch
github.com / simonsmith/cypress-image-snapshot/issues/15
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / simonsmith/cypress-image-snapshot/releases/tag/8.0.2
Release Notes
github.com / simonsmith/cypress-image-snapshot/security/advisories/GHSA-vxjg-hchx-cc4g
ExploitMitigationVendor Advisory