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CVE-2018-16472

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-16472 is a prototype pollution vulnerability affecting cached-path-relative versions up to 1.0.1, as well as related Debian packages. An unauthenticated attacker can inject properties into Object.prototype, leading to a denial-of-service (DoS) attack by corrupting JavaScript objects. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High) due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, resulting in high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cached-path-relative_project:cached-path-relative:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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:N/A:H

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0214 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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)

npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: cached-path-relativeFixed in: 1.0.2

Vendor Advisories (2)

npmGHSA-hc9w-4p87-j549high

Prototype Pollution in cached-path-relative

Nov 7, 2018
redhatCVE-2018-16472Moderate

nodejs-cached-path-relative: prototype pollution due to injected properties on Object.prototype

Nov 2, 2018

References

hackerone.com / reports/390847
Third Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00006.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory