NodeJS/express/5.0.0-beta.3


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MIT

1 Security Vulnerabilities

express vulnerable to XSS via response.redirect()

Published date: 2024-09-10T19:41:04Z
CVE: CVE-2024-43796
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Impact

In express <4.20.0, passing untrusted user input - even after sanitizing it - to response.redirect() may execute untrusted code

Patches

this issue is patched in express 4.20.0

Workarounds

users are encouraged to upgrade to the patched version of express, but otherwise can workaround this issue by making sure any untrusted inputs are safe, ideally by validating them against an explicit allowlist

Details

successful exploitation of this vector requires the following:

  1. The attacker MUST control the input to response.redirect()
  2. express MUST NOT redirect before the template appears
  3. the browser MUST NOT complete redirection before:
  4. the user MUST click on the link in the template

Affected versions: ["5.0.0-alpha.2", "5.0.0-alpha.3", "5.0.0-alpha.4", "5.0.0-alpha.5", "5.0.0-alpha.6", "5.0.0-alpha.7", "5.0.0-alpha.8", "5.0.0-alpha.1", "5.0.0-beta.1", "5.0.0-beta.2", "5.0.0-beta.3", "0.14.1", "1.0.5", "1.0.6", "2.0.0", "2.1.0", "2.1.1", "2.3.0", "2.3.3", "2.3.6", "2.3.8", "2.3.10", "2.3.12", "2.4.2", "2.4.6", "2.5.0", "2.5.5", "2.5.8", "2.5.10", "3.0.0", "3.0.2", "3.1.0", "3.1.1", "3.1.2", "3.2.0", "3.2.1", "3.2.2", "3.2.3", "3.2.6", "3.3.3", "3.3.4", "3.3.6", "1.0.0-beta2", "2.0.0-beta", "2.0.0-beta2", "2.0.0-rc2", "3.0.0-alpha2", "3.0.0-beta3", "3.0.0-beta6", "3.0.0-beta7", "3.0.0-rc1", "3.0.0-rc2", "3.0.0-rc3", "3.0.0-rc4", "3.0.0-rc5", "3.3.7", "3.4.0", "3.4.1", "3.4.2", "3.4.3", "3.4.6", "3.4.8", "4.0.0-rc1", "4.0.0-rc2", "3.5.0", "3.5.1", "4.0.0", "3.5.2", "4.1.0", "4.1.1", "3.5.3", "3.6.0", "3.7.0", "3.8.0", "3.8.1", "4.3.2", "3.9.0", "4.4.0", "4.4.1", "3.10.0", "3.10.1", "3.10.2", "3.10.3", "3.10.4", "4.4.4", "3.12.0", "3.12.1", "4.4.5", "3.13.0", "4.6.0", "4.6.1", "3.15.0", "3.15.1", "4.7.3", "4.7.4", "4.8.0", "4.8.2", "3.16.3", "3.16.4", "3.16.5", "3.16.7", "4.8.5", "3.16.8", "3.16.9", "3.17.2", "4.9.1", "4.9.3", "3.17.4", "3.17.5", "4.9.5", "4.9.6", "4.9.7", "4.9.8", "3.18.0", "3.18.1", "4.10.0", "4.10.1", "3.18.3", "4.10.2", "3.18.4", "4.10.3", "4.10.4", "4.10.5", "3.18.6", "4.10.6", "3.19.0", "4.11.0", "3.19.2", "4.11.2", "3.20.0", "4.12.1", "3.20.3", "4.12.4", "3.21.0", "4.13.0", "3.21.2", "4.15.3", "4.15.4", "4.16.4", "4.17.0", "0.14.0", "1.0.0", "1.0.1", "1.0.2", "1.0.3", "1.0.4", "1.0.7", "1.0.8", "2.2.0", "2.2.1", "2.2.2", "2.3.1", "2.3.2", "2.3.4", "2.3.5", "2.3.7", "2.3.9", "2.3.11", "2.4.0", "2.4.1", "2.4.3", "2.4.4", "2.4.5", "2.4.7", "2.5.1", "2.5.2", "2.5.3", "2.5.4", "2.5.6", "2.5.7", "2.5.9", "2.5.11", "3.0.1", "3.0.3", "3.0.4", "3.0.5", "3.0.6", "3.2.4", "3.2.5", "3.3.0", "3.3.1", "3.3.2", "3.3.5", "1.0.0-beta", "1.0.0-rc", "1.0.0-rc2", "1.0.0-rc3", "1.0.0-rc4", "2.0.0-beta3", "2.0.0-rc", "2.0.0-rc3", "3.0.0-alpha1", "3.0.0-alpha3", "3.0.0-alpha4", "3.0.0-alpha5", "3.0.0-beta1", "3.0.0-beta2", "3.0.0-beta4", "3.3.8", "3.4.4", "3.4.5", "3.4.7", "4.0.0-rc3", "4.0.0-rc4", "4.1.2", "4.2.0", "4.3.0", "4.3.1", "4.4.2", "3.10.5", "4.4.3", "3.11.0", "4.5.0", "4.5.1", "3.14.0", "4.7.0", "4.7.1", "3.15.2", "4.7.2", "3.15.3", "3.16.0", "3.16.1", "4.8.1", "3.16.2", "4.8.3", "3.16.6", "4.8.4", "4.8.6", "4.8.7", "3.16.10", "4.8.8", "3.17.0", "3.17.1", "4.9.0", "4.9.2", "3.17.3", "4.9.4", "3.17.6", "3.17.7", "3.17.8", "3.18.2", "3.18.5", "4.10.7", "4.10.8", "3.19.1", "4.11.1", "4.12.0", "3.20.1", "4.12.2", "3.20.2", "4.12.3", "3.21.1", "4.13.1", "4.13.2", "4.13.3", "4.13.4", "4.14.0", "4.14.1", "4.15.0", "4.15.1", "4.15.2", "4.15.5", "4.16.0", "4.16.1", "4.16.2", "4.16.3", "4.17.1", "4.17.2", "4.17.3", "4.18.0", "4.18.1", "4.18.2", "4.18.3", "4.19.0", "4.19.1", "4.19.2"]
Secure versions: [4.20.0, 4.21.0, 4.21.1, 4.21.2, 5.0.0, 5.0.1, 5.1.0]
Recommendation: Update to version 5.1.0.

283 Other Versions

Version License Security Released
2.3.3 MIT 6 2011-05-03 - 18:31 about 14 years
2.3.2 MIT 6 2011-04-27 - 16:13 about 14 years
2.3.1 MIT 6 2011-04-26 - 22:26 about 14 years
2.3.0 MIT 6 2011-04-25 - 16:50 about 14 years
2.2.2 MIT 6 2011-04-12 - 09:44 about 14 years
2.2.1 MIT 6 2011-04-04 - 19:23 about 14 years
2.2.0 MIT 6 2011-03-30 - 18:40 over 14 years
2.1.1 MIT 6 2011-03-29 - 17:40 over 14 years
2.1.0 MIT 6 2011-03-24 - 20:47 over 14 years
2.0.0 MIT 6 2011-03-18 - 01:06 over 14 years
2.0.0-rc3 MIT 6 2013-08-28 - 17:04 almost 12 years
2.0.0-rc2 MIT 6 2013-08-28 - 17:04 almost 12 years
2.0.0-rc MIT 6 2013-08-28 - 17:04 almost 12 years
2.0.0-beta3 MIT 6 2013-08-28 - 17:04 almost 12 years
2.0.0-beta2 MIT 6 2013-08-28 - 17:04 almost 12 years
2.0.0-beta MIT 6 2013-08-28 - 17:04 almost 12 years
1.0.8 MIT 6 2011-03-02 - 02:58 over 14 years
1.0.7 MIT 6 2011-02-07 - 22:26 over 14 years
1.0.6 MIT 6 2011-02-07 - 21:45 over 14 years
1.0.5 MIT 6 2011-02-05 - 19:16 over 14 years
1.0.4 MIT 6 2011-02-05 - 19:13 over 14 years
1.0.3 MIT 6 2011-01-13 - 22:09 over 14 years
1.0.2 MIT 6 2011-01-11 - 02:09 over 14 years
1.0.1 MIT 6 2010-12-29 - 19:38 over 14 years
1.0.0 MIT 6 2010-12-29 - 19:38 over 14 years
1.0.0-rc4 MIT 6 2013-08-28 - 17:04 almost 12 years
1.0.0-rc3 MIT 6 2013-08-28 - 17:04 almost 12 years
1.0.0-rc2 MIT 6 2013-08-28 - 17:04 almost 12 years
1.0.0-rc MIT 6 2013-08-28 - 17:04 almost 12 years
1.0.0-beta2 MIT 6 2013-08-28 - 17:04 almost 12 years
1.0.0-beta MIT 6 2013-08-28 - 17:04 almost 12 years
0.14.1 MIT 6 2010-12-29 - 19:38 over 14 years
0.14.0 MIT 6 2010-12-29 - 19:38 over 14 years