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CVE-2017-16116

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-06-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-400

Description

The string module is a module that provides extra string operations. The string module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when specifically crafted untrusted user input is passed into the underscore or unescapeHTML methods.

Affected products

• HackerOne string node module: through 0.2.1; from 0.2.2 through 3.3.3

References

• https://github.com/jprichardson/string.js/issues/212
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/536
• https://github.com/jprichardson/string.js/issues/212
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/536

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