CVE-2014-6393

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.1
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2014-6393
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-08-09T18:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-07-30T16:36:04
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-79 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3.10.5
cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:4.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:4.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:4.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:express:4.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 6.1
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 2.7
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/express-no-charset-in-content-type-header Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1203190 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6393
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-6393
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:58:57 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 19:47:44 2017-08-09T18:29Z 2017-08-09T18:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 19:47:45 2021-07-30T16:36:04 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 19:47:45 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated