CVE-2018-3715

Exp

glance node module before 3.0.4 suffers from a Path Traversal vulnerability due to lack of validation of path passed to it, which allows a malicious user to read content of any file with known path.

Published: 2018-06-07 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2018-3715 is rated Exploit Available (59.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.30%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2018-3715

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-3715

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 0.17% 0.30% +0.12%
2 2026-03-01 0.33% 0.17% -0.16%
3 2025-11-21 0.33%

Full EPSS history (26 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-3715

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N 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:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
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:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-3715

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2018-3715

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-3715

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
glance_project glance < 3.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:glance_project:glance:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

References for CVE-2018-3715

URL Tags
https://github.com/jarofghosts/glance/commit/8cfd88e44ebd3f07e3a2eaf376a3e758b6c4ca19 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/310106 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
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