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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…
- 5.4MediumCVSS base score
- 1.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 29% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By hackerone
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 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 | 3.1 | Medium5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 29% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.
Affected products
HackerOne · connect node module
- affected Versions before 2.14.0
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- npmconnectGHSA-rch9-xh7r-mqgw (opens in a new tab)
References
3
- https://github.com/senchalabs/connect/commit/6d5dd30075d2bc4ee97afdbbe3d9d98d8d52d74b (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://hackerone.com/reports/309641 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://hackerone.com/reports/309394 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2018-0316 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-rch9-xh7r-mqgw (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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