CVE-2018-3716
Stored Cross-Site Scripting in simplehttpserver
CVE-2018-3716 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Hackerone Simplehttpserver Node Module, published June 7, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.63%, the 50th percentile. Fixed in simplehttpserver 0.1.0.
simplehttpserver node module suffers from a Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability to a lack of validation of file names.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
simplehttpserver node module suffers from a Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability to a lack of validation of file names.
- Record
CVE-2018-3716- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
simplehttpserver node module suffers from a Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability to a lack of validation of file names.
- Record
CVE-2018-3716- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-0291 No score
simplehttpserver node module suffers from a Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability to a lack of validation of file names.
- Record
EUVD-2018-0291- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jrhj-2j3q-xf3v
Stored Cross-Site Scripting in simplehttpserver
Simplehttpserver prior to version 0.1.0 are vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting (XSS). To be exploited an attacker needs to control the filename of a file that is used in the directory listing output. This version is patched in 0.1.0
- Record
GHSA-jrhj-2j3q-xf3v- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-jrhj-2j3q-xf3v
Stored Cross-Site Scripting in simplehttpserver
Simplehttpserver prior to version 0.1.0 are vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting (XSS). To be exploited an attacker needs to control the filename of a file that is used in the directory listing output. This version is patched in 0.1.0
- Record
GHSA-jrhj-2j3q-xf3v- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
simplehttpservernpm |
before 0.1.0 | 0.1.0 |
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |