Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2016-10524 affects the i18n-node-angular Node module before 1.4.0. A development REST API endpoint was left enabled in production, allowing unauthorized users to consume server resources and potentially inject content. The cited sources do not report active exploitation or provide a CVSS score.
Executive priority
Treat this as a targeted dependency hygiene issue, not an emergency based on current evidence. Prioritize remediation where the vulnerable module is internet-facing or supports customer-visible content, because the stated impacts include service disruption and content injection.
Technical view
The issue is mapped to CWE-400 and concerns improper production exposure of a development REST API in i18n-node-angular versions below 1.4.0. Reported impacts are denial of service through server resource exhaustion and content injection. The public bundle does not include endpoint details, exploit prerequisites, or a CVSS vector.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to applications that deploy i18n-node-angular before 1.4.0 and make the development REST API reachable in production. Organizations not using this npm module, or using 1.4.0 or later, are not indicated as affected by the provided sources.
Exploitation context
The provided sources do not show KEV listing or active exploitation. The vulnerability appears remotely reachable if the development REST API is exposed in production, but the bundle does not provide authentication assumptions, endpoint paths, or evidence of public exploit activity.
Researcher notes
Evidence is sparse: no CVSS vector, no exploit details, and no KEV status. The key facts are affected package versions below 1.4.0, production exposure of a development REST API, CWE-400, and reported denial-of-service or content-injection impact.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade i18n-node-angular to version 1.4.0 or later.
- Check current vendor or maintainer guidance before applying compensating controls.
- Ensure development-only REST functionality is disabled in production deployments.
- Restrict unauthenticated access to administrative or development endpoints.
Validation and detection
- Inventory package manifests and lockfiles for i18n-node-angular below 1.4.0.
- Confirm production builds do not expose development REST API behavior.
- Review routing and middleware configuration for unauthenticated development endpoints.
- Check application logs for abnormal resource growth or unexpected content changes.
Public sources used
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- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/80CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/oliversalzburg/i18n-node-angular/commit/877720d2d9bb90dc8233706e81ffa03f99fc9dc8CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
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