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CVE-2018-16480

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-02-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

A XSS vulnerability was found in module public <0.1.4 that allows malicious Javascript code to run in the browser, due to the absence of sanitization of the file/folder names before rendering.

Affected products

• HackerOne public: before 0.1.4 — fixed in 0.1.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: HackerOne public 0.1.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://hackerone.com/reports/329950
• https://www.npmjs.com/package/public
• https://hackerone.com/reports/329950
• https://www.npmjs.com/package/public

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