CVE-2018-16472

A prototype pollution attack in cached-path-relative versions <=1.0.1 allows an attacker to inject properties on Object.prototype which are then inherited by all the JS objects through the prototype chain causing a DoS attack.

Published: 2018-11-06 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2018-16472 is rated Moderate Risk (53/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.52%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-16472

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-04 0.73% 0.52% -0.21%
2 2026-03-01 0.52% 0.73% +0.21%
3 2026-02-04 — 0.52% —

Full EPSS history (42 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-16472

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-16472

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2018-16472

GHSA-hc9w-4p87-j549 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: npm — Prototype Pollution in cached-path-relative

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-16472

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2018-16472 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (node-cached-path-relative), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16472
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16472
ubuntu medium CVE-2018-16472 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (node-cached-path-relative), 19 status rows across 19 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 13, DNE 2, ignored 2, needed 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16472

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-16472

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cached-path-relative_project cached-path-relative <= 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:cached-path-relative_project:cached-path-relative:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
debian debian_linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-16472

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