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CVE-2017-16038

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-06-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

`f2e-server` 1.12.11 and earlier is vulnerable to a directory traversal issue, giving an attacker access to the filesystem by placing "../" in the url. This is compounded by `f2e-server` requiring elevated privileges to run.

Affected products

• HackerOne f2e-server node module: through 1.12.11

References

• https://github.com/shy2850/node-server/issues/10
• https://github.com/shy2850/node-server/pull/12/files
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/346
• https://github.com/shy2850/node-server/issues/10
• https://github.com/shy2850/node-server/pull/12/files
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/346

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