{"id":"CVE-2016-10562","aliases":["EUVD-2019-0310","GHSA-jfgq-g48x-jq83"],"status":"published","title":"Downloads Resources over HTTP in iedriver","description":"iedriver is an NPM wrapper for Selenium IEDriver. iedriver versions below 3.0.0 download binary resources over HTTP, which leaves the module vulnerable to MITM attacks. It may be possible to cause remote code execution (RCE) by swapping out the requested binary with an attacker controlled binary if the attacker is on the network or positioned in between the user and the remote server.","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-06","score":0.01656,"percentile":0.76701,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-310","CWE-311"],"published":"2018-05-31T20:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-17T00:39:56Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"npm","package":"iedriver","fixed_in":["3.0.0"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"npm","package":"iedriver","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.0.0"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"npm","package":"iedriver","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.0.0"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"hackerone","product":"iedriver node module"},{"vendor":"iedriver_project","product":"iedriver"}],"references":[{"url":"https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/174","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10562","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jfgq-g48x-jq83","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/174","tags":["web"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2016-10562","description":"iedriver is an NPM wrapper for Selenium IEDriver. iedriver versions below 3.0.0 download binary resources over HTTP, which leaves the module vulnerable to MITM attacks. It may be possible to cause remote code execution (RCE) by swapping out the requested binary with an attacker controlled binary if the attacker is on the network or positioned in between the user and the remote server.","status":"published","published":"2018-05-31T20:00:00Z","modified":"2024-09-17T04:14:46.356Z","cwes":["CWE-311"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:33:31.117878Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2019-0310","description":"iedriver is an NPM wrapper for Selenium IEDriver. iedriver versions below 3.0.0 download binary resources over HTTP, which leaves the module vulnerable to MITM attacks. 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It may be possible to cause remote code execution (RCE) by swapping out the requested binary with an attacker controlled binary if the attacker is on the network or positioned in between the user and the remote server.","status":"published","published":"2018-05-31T20:29:02.237Z","modified":"2026-06-17T00:39:56.443Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":9.3,"vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-311","CWE-310"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:03:39.621168Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-jfgq-g48x-jq83","title":"Downloads Resources over HTTP in iedriver","description":"Affected versions of `iedriver` insecurely download an executable over an unencrypted HTTP connection. \n\nIn scenarios where an attacker has a privileged network position, it is possible to intercept the response and replace the executable with a malicious one, resulting in code execution on the system running `iedriver`.\n\n\n## Recommendation\n\nUpdate to iedriver version 3.0.0 or greater.","status":"published","published":"2019-02-18T23:54:20Z","modified":"2023-11-08T03:58:12.753474Z","cwes":["CWE-311"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:50.336262Z"}]}}