CVE-2018-16478
Path Traversal in simplehttpserver
A Path Traversal in simplehttpserver versions <=0.2.1 allows to list any file in another folder of web root.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A Path Traversal in simplehttpserver versions <=0.2.1 allows to list any file in another folder of web root.
- Record
CVE-2018-16478- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A Path Traversal in simplehttpserver versions <=0.2.1 allows to list any file in another folder of web root.
- Record
CVE-2018-16478- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-0822 No score
A Path Traversal in simplehttpserver versions <=0.2.1 allows to list any file in another folder of web root.
- Record
EUVD-2018-0822- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vwr2-wj63-86gr
Path Traversal in simplehttpserver
All versions of simplehttpserver are vulnerable to Path Traversal.
This vulnerability allows an attacker to access files outside the webroot since it allows symlink navigation in the URL.
Recommendation
No fix is currently available. Do not use simplehttpserver in production or consider using an alternative module until a fix is made available.
- Record
GHSA-vwr2-wj63-86gr- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-vwr2-wj63-86gr
Path Traversal in simplehttpserver
All versions of simplehttpserver are vulnerable to Path Traversal.
This vulnerability allows an attacker to access files outside the webroot since it allows symlink navigation in the URL.
Recommendation
No fix is currently available. Do not use simplehttpserver in production or consider using an alternative module until a fix is made available.
- Record
GHSA-vwr2-wj63-86gr- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
simplehttpservernpm |
through 0.3.0 | None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-16478 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Hackerone Simplehttpserver, published December 4, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.29%, the 70th percentile. No source names a fixed version.