CVE-2024-43796

express vulnerable to XSS via response.redirect()

State: Published
Severity: 5.0 Medium
Published: Sep 10, 2024
Updated: Sep 10, 2024
Reserved: Aug 16, 2024

Description

Express.js minimalist web framework for node. In express < 4.20.0, passing untrusted user input - even after sanitizing it - to response.redirect() may execute untrusted code. This issue is patched in express 4.20.0.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	5.0 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L	GitHub_M

Weaknesses

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
expressexpressjs	< 4.20.0Affected >= 5.0.0-alpha.1, < 5.0.0Affected

References

https://github.com/expressjs/express/security/advisories/GHSA-qw6h-vgh9-j6wx
https://github.com/expressjs/express/commit/54271f69b511fea198471e6ff3400ab805d6b553

Every record here comes from the CVE Program’s CVE List. © 1999–2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. The records are reproduced under the CVE Program terms of use.