CVE-2014-6393

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.

CVSS v3 6.1 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

6.1^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1203190	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/express-no-charset-in-content-type-header	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:4.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:4.1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:4.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:4.1.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:4.2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:4.3.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:4.3.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:4.3.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:4.4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:4.4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:4.4.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:4.4.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:4.4.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:4.4.5:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-08-09 18:29

Updated : 2021-07-30 16:36

NVD link : CVE-2014-6393

Mitre link : CVE-2014-6393

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2014-6393

JSON object : View

Products Affected

openjsf

express

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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