What is CVE-2018-16482?

CVE-2018-16482 is a high-severity vulnerability in HackerOne Mcstatic, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-02-01.

How severe is CVE-2018-16482?

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

Path Traversal in HackerOne Mcstatic

CVE-2018-16482

A server directory traversal vulnerability was found on node module mcstatic <=0.0.20 that would allow an attack to access sensitive information in the file system by appending slashes in the URL path.

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:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.018 (78.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 78th percentile — 78.0% 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: 0.018 · change: 0.000

Affected products

HackerOne Mcstatic — versions <=0.0.20
Mcstatic Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

hackerone.com/reports/330285 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16482?: CVE-2018-16482 is a high-severity vulnerability in HackerOne Mcstatic, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-02-01.
How severe is CVE-2018-16482?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.