{"id":"CVE-2017-16198","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-16198","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T22:20:23.596Z","title":"ritp is a static web server. ritp is vulnerable to a directory traversal issue whereby an attacker can gain access to the file system by placing ../ in the URL.","description":"ritp is a static web server. ritp is vulnerable to a directory traversal issue whereby an attacker can gain access to the file system by placing ../ in the URL. Access is restricted to files with a file extension, so files such as /etc/passwd are not accessible.","published":"2018-06-07T02:29:07.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:08:58.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"support@hackerone.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-22"],"affected":["ritp project/ritp"],"epss":{"score":0.01974,"percentile":0.80363,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.97%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/JacksonGL/NPM-Vuln-PoC/blob/master/directory-traversal/ritp","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"support@hackerone.com"},{"url":"https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/432","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"support@hackerone.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/JacksonGL/NPM-Vuln-PoC/blob/master/directory-traversal/ritp","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/432","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16198","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}