What is CVE-2018-16478?

CVE-2018-16478 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Simplehttpserver Project, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-12-04.

How severe is CVE-2018-16478?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-16478 known to be exploited?

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

Path Traversal in Simplehttpserver Project

CVE-2018-16478

A Path Traversal in simplehttpserver versions <=0.2.1 allows to list any file in another folder of web root.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.013 (67.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Simplehttpserver_project Simplehttpserver
N/a Simplehttpserver — versions Not Fixed

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ossf-cve-benchmark/CVE-2018-16478

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16478?: CVE-2018-16478 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Simplehttpserver Project, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-12-04.
How severe is CVE-2018-16478?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-16478 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.