steroids downloads resources over HTTP

published 2018-06-01 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-5m9c-634g-47vq , EUVD-2019-0227

cvss: 8.1; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.7%; EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits: 0; none known

Steroids is PhoneGap on Steroids, providing native UI elements, multiple WebViews and enhancements for better developer productivity. steroids 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.

Exploit prediction

1.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	8.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	9.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
GitHub	3.0	8.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
npm	steroids	<=4.1.27	no fix listed

Affected products

HackerOne steroids node module

Classification

Weakness

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

References

nodesecurity.io /advisories/168
third-party-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10581
advisory
github.com /AppGyver/steroids
package
github.com /AppGyver/steroids/blob/master/package.json#L101
web
github.com /AppGyver/steroids/blob/master/package.json#L103-L104
web
github.com /AppGyver/steroids/blob/master/package.json#L74
web
npmjs.com /advisories/168
web

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary