CVE-2017-16136 (GCVE-0-2017-16136)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-07 02:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 03:18
VLAI
Summary
method-override is a module used by the Express.js framework to let you use HTTP verbs such as PUT or DELETE in places where the client doesn't support it. method-override is vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service vulnerability when specially crafted input is passed in to be parsed via the X-HTTP-Method-Override header.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-400 - Denial of Service (CWE-400)
Assigner
hackerone CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard D 59/100 over 213 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/538 x_refsource_MISC
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
HackerOne method-override node module Affected: <= 1.0.2 || > 2.0.0 < 2.3.10
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Date Public
2018-04-26 00:00
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