What is CVE-2016-10676?

CVE-2016-10676 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hackerone Rs-Brightcove Node Module, classified under Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2018-06-04.

How severe is CVE-2016-10676?

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

Is CVE-2016-10676 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Hackerone Rs-Brightcove Node Module

CVE-2016-10676

rs-brightcove is a wrapper around brightcove's web api rs-brightcove downloads source file 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 resources with an attacker controlled copy if the attacker is on the network or positioned in between the user and the remote server.

EPSS: 0.018 (75.6th 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

Hackerone Rs-brightcove Node Module — versions All versions
Rs-brightcove_project Rs-brightcove

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10676?: CVE-2016-10676 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hackerone Rs-Brightcove Node Module, classified under Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2018-06-04.
How severe is CVE-2016-10676?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-10676 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.