CVE-2017-1000188 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

nodejs ejs version older than 2.5.5 is vulnerable to a Cross-site-scripting in the ejs.renderFile() resulting in code injection

Published: 2017-11-17

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ejs:ejs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-0347	nodejs ejs version older than 2.5.5 is vulnerable to a Cross-site-scripting in the ejs.renderFile() resulting in code injection
Github GHSA	GHSA-hwcf-pp87-7x6p	mde ejs vulnerable to XSS

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00234.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101889
https://github.com/mde/ejs/commit/49264e0037e313a0a3e033450b5c184112516d8f
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000188
https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:ejs:20161130
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-1000188

History

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Subscriptions

Ejs Ejs

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-11-17T03:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T21:53:07.088Z

Reserved: 2017-11-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-1000188

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-11-17T03:29:00.267

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-1000188

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-12-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-1000188 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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