Downloads Resources over HTTP in adamvr-geoip-lite

Also known as GHSA-h2jv-5v3f-7m7j

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

CVSS

8.1

v3.1 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

0.7%

percentile 54%

Public exploits

none known

adamvr-geoip-lite is a light weight native JavaScript implementation of GeoIP API from MaxMind adamvr-geoip-lite downloads geoip resources over HTTP, which leaves it vulnerable to MITM attacks. This impacts the integrity and availability of this geoip data that may alter the decisions made by an application using this data.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.71% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.1	8.1	`CVSS:3.1/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	`adamvr-geoip-lite`	>=0.0.0	no fix listed

Affected products

HackerOne adamvr-geoip-lite node module

Classification

Weakness

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

References

nodesecurity.io /advisories/283 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10680 · advisory
npmjs.com /advisories/283 · web

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2016-10680
GitHub Advisory: GHSA-h2jv-5v3f-7m7j
NVD: CVE-2016-10680

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Summary