The Express web framework before 3.11 and 4.x before 4.5 for Node.js does not provide a charset field in HTTP Content-Type headers in 400 level responses, which might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via characters in a non-standard encoding.
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EUVD-2018-0603 | The Express web framework before 3.11 and 4.x before 4.5 for Node.js does not provide a charset field in HTTP Content-Type headers in 400 level responses, which might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via characters in a non-standard encoding. |
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GHSA-gpvr-g6gh-9mc2 | No Charset in Content-Type Header in express |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T12:17:23.956Z
Reserved: 2014-09-15T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2014-6393

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2017-08-09T18:29:00.480
Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860
Link: CVE-2014-6393


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