CVE-2014-6393
medium
CVSS v3
6.1
VIR risk
6.1
Description
The Express web framework before 3.11 and 4.x before 4.5 for Node.js does not provide a charset field in HTTP Content-Type headers in 400 level responses, which might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via characters in a non-standard encoding.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
71%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.16.4-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.16.4-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.16.4-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.16.4-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.16.4-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| openjsf | express | 4.3.0 | |
| openjsf | express | 4.3.1 | |
| openjsf | express | 4.3.2 | |
| openjsf | express | {"endIncluding":"3.10.5"} | |
| openjsf | express | 4.0.0 | |
| openjsf | express | 4.1.0 | |
| openjsf | express | 4.1.1 | |
| openjsf | express | 4.1.2 | |
| openjsf | express | 4.2.0 | |
| openjsf | express | 4.4.0 | |
| openjsf | express | 4.4.1 | |
| openjsf | express | 4.4.2 | |
| openjsf | express | 4.4.3 | |
| openjsf | express | 4.4.4 | |
| openjsf | express | 4.4.5 | |
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1203190
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/express-no-charset-in-content-type-header
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6393
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gpvr-g6gh-9mc2
- https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/8
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-6393
CWEs
CWE-79
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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.