ejs vulnerable to DoS due to weak input validation · CVE-2017-1000189 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub

ejs vulnerable to DoS due to weak input validation

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Mar 5, 2018 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Sep 8, 2023

Package

ejs (npm)

Affected versions

< 2.5.5

Patched versions

2.5.5

Description

nodejs ejs version older than 2.5.5 is vulnerable to a denial-of-service due to weak input validation in ejs.renderFile()

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Mar 5, 2018

Reviewed Jun 16, 2020

Last updated Sep 8, 2023

Severity

High

7.5

/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector

Network

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

None

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H