What is CVE-2016-10688?

CVE-2016-10688 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hackerone Haxe3 Node Module, classified under Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2018-06-04.

How severe is CVE-2016-10688?

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

Vulnerability in Hackerone Haxe3 Node Module

CVE-2016-10688

Haxe 3 : The Cross-Platform Toolkit (a fork from David Mouton's damoebius/haxe-npm) haxe3 downloads 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: 0.017 (74.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Hackerone Haxe3 Node Module — versions All versions
Haxe

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10688?: CVE-2016-10688 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hackerone Haxe3 Node Module, classified under Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2018-06-04.
How severe is CVE-2016-10688?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.