Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting node-express package, versions <4.16.4-1
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- published26 Apr 2025
- disclosed9 Aug 2017
Introduced: 9 Aug 2017
CVE-2014-6393 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:25.04 node-express to version 4.16.4-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream node-express package and not the node-express package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:25.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.