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High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 7, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-16168

CVE-2017-16168

Description

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

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Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
wffservenpm	>= 0.0.0	—

Affected products

2

ghsa-coords
pkg:npm/wffserve
Range: >= 0.0.0
HackerOne/wffserve node modulev5
Range: All versions

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

6

github.com/JacksonGL/NPM-Vuln-PoC/blob/master/directory-traversal/wffservenvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryWEB
github.com/advisories/GHSA-wqr3-24xm-fxhqghsaADVISORY
nodesecurity.io/advisories/407nvdThird Party Advisory
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16168ghsaADVISORY
github.com/JacksonGL/NPM-Vuln-PoC/blob/master/directory-traversal/city-weather-abeghsaWEB
www.npmjs.com/advisories/407ghsaWEB

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