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medium 5.4

CVE-2018-3717 json

Cross-Site Scripting in connect

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-rch9-xh7r-mqgw , EUVD-2018-0316

cvss
5.4
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 70%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

connect node module before 2.14.0 suffers from a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability due to a lack of validation of file in directory.js middleware.

Patch / fix

  • npm connect 2.14.0
  • sencha connect 2.14.0
  • node-connect Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.0.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-3717

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red hat product security vex CVE-2018-3717 updated cvss 6.4

nodejs-connect: XSS due to a lack of validation of file in directory.js middleware

  • Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4 nodejs-connect
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • hackerone.com https://hackerone.com/reports/309641 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • hackerone.com https://hackerone.com/reports/309394 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm connect
<2.14.0
2.14.0

Affected products

  • HackerOne connect node module

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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