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CVE-2013-7451
The validator module before 1.1.0 for Node.js allows remote attackers to bypass the XSS filter via a nested tag.
- 6.1MediumCVSS base score
- 1.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 21% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The validator module before 1.1.0 for Node.js allows remote attackers to bypass the XSS filter via a nested tag.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 9 months later
· 9 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 21% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- npmvalidatorGHSA-qpjp-7rp2-9c3f (opens in a new tab)
References
2
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/41 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160420 various vulnerabilities in Node.js packages (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2017-0291 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-qpjp-7rp2-9c3f (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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