CVE-2016-10591

Q: How do I fix CVE-2016-10591?

Upgrade prince to 1.4.6 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2016-10591 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2016-10591 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.8% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 76% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2016-10591?

CVE-2016-10591 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2016-10591 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for prince (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

HIGHEPSS 76th pctl

8.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-311 CWE-310Cryptographic Issues

How to fix

Remediation Available

princeNVD

Affected:>= 1.4.4, < 1.4.6Fixed in:1.4.6CVE-2016-10591derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.75%probability of exploitation in 30 days

76thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 76% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1

nodesecurity.io

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-311 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2026-34486	High	7.5	81%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2026-27944	Critical	9.8	22%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-11367	Critical	9.8	2.8%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-8221	High	7.5	2.7%	-	-
CVE-2018-10698	Critical	9.8	2.3%	-	-
CVE-2016-10593	High	8.1	2.3%	-	-

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2016-10591?

Upgrade prince to 1.4.6 or later.

Is CVE-2016-10591 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2016-10591 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.8% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 76% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2016-10591?

CVE-2016-10591 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2016-10591 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for prince (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.