CVE-2013-4660

MediumCVSS 6.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The JS-YAML module before 2.0.5 for Node.js parses input without properly considering the unsafe !!js/function tag, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string that triggers an eval operation.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.8/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://portal.nodesecurity.io/advisories/js-yamlVendor Advisory
https://nealpoole.com/blog/2013/06/code-execution-via-yaml-in-js-yaml-nodejs-module/Exploit, Vendor Advisory
http://portal.nodesecurity.io/advisories/js-yamlVendor Advisory
https://nealpoole.com/blog/2013/06/code-execution-via-yaml-in-js-yaml-nodejs-module/Exploit, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jun 28, 2013
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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