CVE-2018-16481 — A XSS vulnerability was found in html-page <=2.1.1 that allows malicious Javascript code to be executed in the user's browser due to the absence of sanitization of the paths before rendering

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A XSS vulnerability was found in html-page <=2.1.1 that allows malicious Javascript code to be executed in the user's browser due to the absence of sanitization of the paths before rendering

Published Feb 1, 2019

6.1

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.69%

Description

A XSS vulnerability was found in html-page <=2.1.1 that allows malicious Javascript code to be executed in the user's browser due to the absence of sanitization of the paths before rendering.

Affected products

Vendor HackerOne Product Html-Pages Default
n/a
- Version
  <=2.1.1
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

HackerOne

Html-Pages

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
<=2.1.1	affected	-

Ecosystem	Package	Introduced	Fixed
npm	html-pages	0	not fixed

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.69% 0.00691

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00691

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Table of values (9 key points)

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Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.69% (0.00691)	51.09th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	0.69% (0.00691)	51.39th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.09% (0.00087)	37.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 3, 2024	0.09% (0.00087)	37.50th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.09% (0.00087)	35.50th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.44% (0.00442)	10.76th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.44% (0.00442)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (2)

CWE-64

CWE-79

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

References (4)

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5p26-hw7f-3cpr
Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/330356
x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16481
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1001

Link	Providers	Tags
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5p26-hw7f-3cpr		Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/330356		x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16481
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1001