THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-2216
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-2216

Node.Js vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
7.0%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
The HTTP header parsing code in Node.js 0.10.x before 0.10.42, 0.11.6 through 0.11.16, 0.12.x before 0.12.10, 4.x before 4.3.0, and 5.x before 5.6.0 allows remote attackers to bypass an HTTP response-splitting protection mechanism via UTF-8 encoded Unicode characters in the HTTP header, as demonstrated by %c4%8d%c4%8a.
Affected vendor
Nodejs
Affected product
Node.Js
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2016-04-07

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 7.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-2216

  • Confirm whether Nodejs Node.Js is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-2216.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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