Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
webdrvr can fetch browser driver binaries over unencrypted HTTP. If someone can tamper with that network traffic, they may replace the expected binary with a malicious one. This creates potential remote code execution risk for systems that install or run the package.
Executive priority
Prioritize remediation if webdrvr appears in build pipelines or developer tooling. The business risk is supply-chain execution through a tampered dependency download, but current exploitation evidence is not present in the supplied sources.
Technical view
CVE-2016-10601 affects all versions of the webdrvr npm module. The package downloads Selenium-related binary resources over HTTP, exposing the transfer to man-in-the-middle tampering. The source maps this to CWE-311 and describes possible RCE if an attacker substitutes the downloaded binary.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to environments that use the webdrvr node module, including developer workstations and CI systems. The bundle states all versions are affected. Risk is highest where installations occur on untrusted or interceptable networks.
Exploitation context
The provided sources do not show active exploitation or KEV listing. Exploitation would require an attacker positioned on the network path or between the user and remote server during binary download.
Researcher notes
Evidence is sparse: no CVSS vector, no named fixed version, and no exploit-in-the-wild claim in the bundle. The key exposure condition is HTTP binary retrieval by webdrvr across all versions.
Mitigation direction
- Identify and remove webdrvr where it is no longer needed.
- Check vendor or advisory guidance for replacement or patched options.
- Prefer maintained packages that fetch binaries over HTTPS with integrity controls.
- Avoid installing affected dependencies on untrusted networks.
- Rebuild affected environments from trusted sources after dependency removal.
Validation and detection
- Search dependency manifests and lockfiles for webdrvr.
- Check CI build definitions for webdrvr installation paths.
- Review historical build logs for webdrvr downloads over HTTP.
- Confirm webdrvr is absent after dependency cleanup.
- Document any remaining exception and compensating controls.
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/193CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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CWE details
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Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data
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