What is CVE-2018-16479?

CVE-2018-16479 is a high-severity vulnerability in HackerOne Http-Live-Simulator, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-02-01.

How severe is CVE-2018-16479?

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

Is CVE-2018-16479 known to be exploited?

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

Path Traversal in HackerOne Http-Live-Simulator

CVE-2018-16479

Path traversal vulnerability in http-live-simulator <1.0.7 causes unauthorized access to arbitrary files on disk by appending extra slashes after the URL.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2019-02-01 · 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 (75.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 75.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

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

Affected products

HackerOne Http-Live-Simulator — versions <1.0.7
Http-Live-Simulator Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ossf-cve-benchmark/CVE-2018-16479

References

hackerone.com/reports/411405 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16479?: CVE-2018-16479 is a high-severity vulnerability in HackerOne Http-Live-Simulator, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-02-01.
How severe is CVE-2018-16479?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-16479 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.