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TI-2018-11823 Aliases CVE-2018-16481GHSA-5p26-hw7f-3cpr

Cross-site scripting in HackerOne html-pages

Priority LOW 28CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

A XSS vulnerability was found in html-page <=2.1.1 that allows malicious Javascript code to be executed in the user's browser due to the absence of sanitization of the paths before rendering.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00691 53rd 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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
HackerOnehtml-pagesup to 2.1.1—No fix listedCNA
—html-pages (npm)up to 3.1.0—No fix listedGHSA-5p26-hw7f-3cpr
  • html-pages VendorHackerOne Affected up to 2.1.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • html-pages (npm) Vendor— Affected up to 3.1.0 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-5p26-hw7f-3cpr

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:html-pages_project:html-pages:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*up to 2.1.1VulnerableHtml-pages Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:html-pages_project:html-pages:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions up to 2.1.1 Vulnerable ·Html-pages Project

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-16481
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5p26-hw7f-3cpr

References

  • TI-2018-02740 Path traversal in HackerOne html-pages node module CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8

Sources