What is CVE-2017-16153?

CVE-2017-16153 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gaoxuyan Project, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-05-29.

How severe is CVE-2017-16153?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Gaoxuyan Project

CVE-2017-16153

gaoxuyan is vulnerable to a directory traversal issue, giving an attacker access to the filesystem by placing "../" in the url.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2018-05-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (76.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-08.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 76.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.017 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Gaoxuyan Project
HackerOne Gaoxuyan Node Module — versions All versions

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

nodesecurity.io/advisories/378 (Vendor Advisory)
github.com/JacksonGL/NPM-Vuln-PoC/tree/master/directory-traversal/gaoxuyan (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16153?: CVE-2017-16153 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gaoxuyan Project, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-05-29.
How severe is CVE-2017-16153?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.