Open Redirect Affecting express package, versions >=3.4.5 <4.0.0
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.06% (28th
percentile)
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- published 4 Oct 2024
- disclosed 3 Oct 2024
- credit Matvejs Mascenko
Introduced: 3 Oct 2024
CVE-2024-9266 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade express to version 4.0.0 or higher.
Overview
express is a minimalist web framework.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Open Redirect via the location() method in response.js.
Notes:
Express 3 has reached End-of-Life and will not receive any updates to address this issue.
This vulnerability is achievable only when: a request path begins with double slashes
//and a relative path for redirection begins with./and is provided from user-controlled input and theLocationheader is set with that user-controlled input.