CVE-2018-3717

MediumCVSS 5.4/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.4/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
HackerOne	connect node module	Versions before 2.14.0

References

https://github.com/senchalabs/connect/commit/6d5dd30075d2bc4ee97afdbbe3d9d98d8d52d74bPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/309394Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/309641Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/senchalabs/connect/commit/6d5dd30075d2bc4ee97afdbbe3d9d98d8d52d74bPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/309394Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/309641Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jun 7, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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