TI-2017-11868 Aliases CVE-2017-16149 GHSA-whcm-29f4-j4mx

Path traversal in HackerOne zwserver node module

LOW 37CWE-22Published 2018-06-07 · Updated 2024-09-16

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · None · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01974 80th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
HackerOne	zwserver node module	All versions	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	zwserver (npm)	0.0.0 and later	—	No fix listed	GHSA-whcm-29f4-j4mx

zwserver node module VendorHackerOne Affected All versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
zwserver (npm) Vendor— Affected 0.0.0 and later Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-whcm-29f4-j4mx

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:zwserver_project:zwserver::::::node.js::*	up to 0.1.1	Vulnerable	Zwserver Project

cpe:2.3:a:zwserver_project:zwserver:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions up to 0.1.1 Vulnerable ·Zwserver Project

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-16149
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-whcm-29f4-j4mx

References

Exploit 1

https://github.com/JacksonGL/NPM-Vuln-PoC/tree/master/directory-traversal/zwserver

Advisory 2

Other 1

https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/372

Sources

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