Downloads Resources over HTTP in prince

Also known as GHSA-cr79-9pwf-r6f5

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

1.7%

percentile 78%

Public exploits

none known

Prince is a Node API for executing XML/HTML to PDF renderer PrinceXML via prince(1) CLI. prince downloads zipped resources over HTTP, which leaves it vulnerable to MITM attacks. It may be possible to cause remote code execution (RCE) by swapping out the requested tarball with an attacker controlled tarball if the attacker is on the network or positioned in between the user and the remote server.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.73% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% 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	9.3	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`

Affected packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
npm	`prince`	<1.4.7	1.4.7

Affected products

HackerOne prince node module

Classification

Weakness

CWE-311 Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data
CWE-310 Cryptographic Issues
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

nodesecurity.io /advisories/185 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10591 · advisory
github.com /advisories/GHSA-cr79-9pwf-r6f5 · advisory
github.com /rse/node-prince · package
npmjs.com /advisories/185 · web

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2016-10591
GitHub Advisory: GHSA-cr79-9pwf-r6f5
NVD: CVE-2016-10591

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Summary