Downloads Resources over HTTP in geoip-lite-country

Also known as GHSA-ff29-f57w-2mm3

Published 8 y ago 2018-05-29 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

8.1

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

0.6%

percentile 47%

Public exploits

none known

geoip-lite-country is a stripped down version of geoip-lite, supporting only country lookup. geoip-lite-country before 1.1.4 downloads data resources over HTTP, which leaves it vulnerable to MITM attacks.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.57% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	8.1	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	2.0	6.8	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`

Affected packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
npm	`geoip-lite-country`	<1.1.4	1.1.4

Affected products

HackerOne geoip-lite-country node module

Classification

Weakness

CWE-311 Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data
CWE-310 Cryptographic Issues

References

nodesecurity.io /advisories/183 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10568 · advisory
github.com /advisories/GHSA-ff29-f57w-2mm3 · advisory
npmjs.com /advisories/183 · web

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2016-10568
GitHub Advisory: GHSA-ff29-f57w-2mm3
NVD: CVE-2016-10568

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Summary