MediumFix available
node-connect — security advisory
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.
- Products
- node-connect
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 3.0.0-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-3717
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 00:56 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-3717
node-connect
Fixed versions: 3.0.0-1
node-connect
Fixed versions: 3.0.0-1
node-connect
Fixed versions: 3.0.0-1
Complete source record
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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"published_at": "2018-06-07T02:29:08.13+00:00"
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