Medium

Express ressource injection

  • Disclosed: 29.10.2024
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

A vulnerability has been identified in the Express response.links function, allowing for arbitrary resource injection in the Link header when unsanitized data is used.

The issue arises from improper sanitization in Link header values, which can allow a combination of characters like ,, ;, and <> to preload malicious resources.

This vulnerability is especially relevant for dynamic parameters.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package express < 4.0.0-rc1 4.0.0-rc1

References

CVSS score 4/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-74
Platform
npm
Package
express
Disclosed
29.10.2024
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-cm5g-3pgc-8rg4 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: express

All published vulnerabilities of this package (npm package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
5
First → latest
10.2018 10.2024
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Medium 3
  • Low 2

Disclosures per year

  1. 2018: 1
  2. 2019: 0
  3. 2020: 0
  4. 2021: 0
  5. 2022: 0
  6. 2023: 0
  7. 2024: 4
  8. 2025: 0
  9. 2026: 0
  1. Express ressource injection this entry
    Medium · 4.0 CVE-2024-10491 < 4.0.0-rc1 4.0.0-rc1
  2. Low · 4.7 CVE-2024-9266 >= 3.4.5, < 4.0.0-rc1 4.0.0-rc1
  3. Low · 5.0 CVE-2024-43796 < 4.20.0, >= 5.0.0-alpha.1, < 5.0.0 4.20.0, 5.0.0
  4. Medium · 6.1 CVE-2024-29041 < 4.19.2, >= 5.0.0-alpha.1, < 5.0.0-beta.3 4.19.2, 5.0.0-beta.3
  5. Medium · 6.1 CVE-2014-6393 < 3.11.0, >= 4.0.0, < 4.5.0 3.11.0, 4.5.0

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