CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2014-6393

MEDIUM
6.1
CVSS v3
NVD

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available
node-expressDebian
Fixed in:4.16.4-1CVE-2014-6393
Fixed in:4.16.4-1CVE-2014-6393
Fixed in:4.16.4-1CVE-2014-6393
Fixed in:4.16.4-1CVE-2014-6393

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 ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.14%probability of exploitation in 30 days
63rdpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 63% of all known CVEs.

References

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