CVE-2013-7451 Moderate severity vulnerability that affects validator

What is CVE-2013-7451?

CVE-2013-7451 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Nodejs Node.js, published on 23 Jan 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The validator module before 1.1.0 for Node.js allows remote attackers to bypass the XSS filter via a nested tag.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-7451?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including validator. It affects 1 product.

Products include Nodejs Node.js.

How do I fix CVE-2013-7451?

Upgrade validator to 1.1.0 or later.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2013-7451 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-7451 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-qpjp-7rp2-9c3f.