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connect@2.4.2 vulnerabilities

High performance middleware framework

  • latest version

    3.7.0

  • latest non vulnerable version

    3.7.0

  • first published

    13 years ago

  • latest version published

    5 years ago

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    Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

    connect is a stack of middleware that is executed in order in each request.

    Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS). The "methodOverride" middleware allows the HTTP post to override the method of the request with the value of the _method post key or with the header x-http-method-override.

    Due to improper user input sanitization, the req.method could contain any kind of value. Because the req.method did not match any common method VERB, connect answered with a 404 page containing the "Cannot [method] [url]" content. The method was not properly encoded for output in the browser.

    How to fix Cross-site Scripting (XSS)?

    Upgrade connect to version 2.8.2 or higher.

    <2.8.2
    • M
    Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

    connect is a stack of middleware that is executed in order in each request.

    Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS). The methodOverride middleware allows the http post to override the method of the request with the value of the _method post key or with the header x-http-method-override.

    Because the user post input was not checked, req.method could contain any kind of value. Because the req.method did not match any common method VERB, connect answered with a 404 page containing the "Cannot [method] [url]" content. The method was not properly encoded for output in the browser.

    Example

    ~ curl "localhost:3000" -d "_method=<script src=http://nodesecurity.io/xss.js></script>"
Cannot <SCRIPT SRC=HTTP://NODESECURITY.IO/XSS.JS></SCRIPT> /

    Mitigation factors

    Update to version 2.8.2 or disable methodOverride. It is not possible to avoid the vulnerability if you have enabled this middleware in the top of your stack.

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    How to fix Cross-site Scripting (XSS)?

    Upgrade connect to version 2.8.2 or higher.

    <2.8.2
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