6.1

CVE-2014-6393: openjsf express Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.1v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2014-6393DEBIAN-CVE-2014-6393GHSA-gpvr-g6gh-9mc2
Published 09-08-2017Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-6393 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in openjsf express. EPSS estimates a 1.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
25/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.1/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.14%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 09-08-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.14%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

66%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 1.14% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.14%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • node-express< 4.16.4-1
Npm1 product
  • express< 3.11.0 | ≥ 4.0.0, < 4.5.0
Openjsf1 product
  • express≤ 3.10.5 | 4.0.0 | 4.1.0 | 4.1.1 | 4.1.2 | 4.2.0 | 4.3.0 | 4.3.1 | 4.3.2 | 4.4.0 | 4.4.1 | 4.4.2 | 4.4.3 | 4.4.4 | 4.4.5
Ubuntu1 product
  • node-expressAll versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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