CVE-2014-6393

Summary

CVECVE-2014-6393
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-08-09 18:29:00 UTC
Updated2021-07-30 16:36:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-79

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Expressjs Express 4.0.0 All All All
Application Expressjs Express 4.1.0 All All All
Application Expressjs Express 4.1.1 All All All
Application Expressjs Express 4.1.2 All All All
Application Expressjs Express 4.2.0 All All All
Application Expressjs Express 4.3.0 All All All
Application Expressjs Express 4.3.1 All All All
Application Expressjs Express 4.3.2 All All All
Application Expressjs Express 4.4.0 All All All
Application Expressjs Express 4.4.1 All All All
Application Expressjs Express 4.4.2 All All All
Application Expressjs Express 4.4.3 All All All
Application Expressjs Express 4.4.4 All All All
Application Expressjs Express 4.4.5 All All All
Application Expressjs Express 4.0.0 All All All
Application Expressjs Express 4.1.0 All All All
Application Expressjs Express 4.1.1 All All All
Application Expressjs Express 4.1.2 All All All
Application Expressjs Express 4.2.0 All All All
Application Expressjs Express 4.3.0 All All All
Application Expressjs Express 4.3.1 All All All
Application Expressjs Express 4.3.2 All All All
Application Expressjs Express 4.4.0 All All All
Application Expressjs Express 4.4.1 All All All
Application Expressjs Express 4.4.2 All All All
Application Expressjs Express 4.4.3 All All All
Application Expressjs Express 4.4.4 All All All
Application Expressjs Express 4.4.5 All All All
Application Expressjs Express All All All All
Application Openjsf Express 4.0.0 All All All
Application Openjsf Express 4.1.0 All All All
Application Openjsf Express 4.1.1 All All All
Application Openjsf Express 4.1.2 All All All
Application Openjsf Express 4.2.0 All All All
Application Openjsf Express 4.3.0 All All All
Application Openjsf Express 4.3.1 All All All
Application Openjsf Express 4.3.2 All All All
Application Openjsf Express 4.4.0 All All All
Application Openjsf Express 4.4.1 All All All
Application Openjsf Express 4.4.2 All All All
Application Openjsf Express 4.4.3 All All All
Application Openjsf Express 4.4.4 All All All
Application Openjsf Express 4.4.5 All All All
Application Openjsf Express All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1203190 – (CVE-2014-6393) CVE-2014-6393 express: cross-site scripting via content-type header CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Node Security Project | express No Charset in Content-Type Header CONFIRM nodesecurity.io Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 981815 Nodejs (npm) Security Update for express (GHSA-gpvr-g6gh-9mc2)
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