CVE-2017-18924

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-18924 affects oauth2-server (node-oauth2-server) up to version 3.1.1, stemming from its implementation of OAuth 2.0 without PKCE, which allows for authorization code injection. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that could lead to high confidentiality impact. Despite the vendor's stance that the library is RFC 6749 compliant and not inherently vulnerable, the issue remains. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oauth2-server_project:oauth2-server:*:*:*:*:*: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:H/I:N/A:N

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0219 is in the 65th 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch