What is CVE-2016-10606?

CVE-2016-10606 is a high-severity vulnerability in Grunt-Webdriver-Qunit Project, classified under Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2018-06-01.

How severe is CVE-2016-10606?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Grunt-Webdriver-Qunit Project

CVE-2016-10606

grunt-webdriver-qunit is a grunt plugin to run qunit with webdriver in grunt grunt-webdriver-qunit downloads binary resources over HTTP, which leaves it 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.

EPSS: 0.017 (74.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Grunt-webdriver-qunit_project Grunt-webdriver-qunit
Hackerone Grunt-webdriver-qunit Node Module — versions All versions

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

support@hackerone.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10606?: CVE-2016-10606 is a high-severity vulnerability in Grunt-Webdriver-Qunit Project, classified under Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2018-06-01.
How severe is CVE-2016-10606?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.