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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-3717

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.

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CVE-2018-3717
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31 Oct 2026, 09:51 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2018-3717

core-osv · Original source

Published 7 Jun 2018, 02:29 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2018-3717
Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:48:10.104890071Z",
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        "https://github.com/senchalabs/connect/commit/6d5dd30075d2bc4ee97afdbbe3d9d98d8d52d74b",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
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  "published_at": "2018-06-07T02:29:08.13+00:00"
}