7.5high
CVE-2017-16136
method-override ReDoS when untrusted user input passed into X-HTTP-Method-Override header
Also known as GHSA-qx2f-477c-35rq
Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.2%
percentile 68%
Public exploits
0
none known
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.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.20% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| GitHub | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | method-override | >=1.0.2, <2.3.10 >=2.0.0, <2.3.10 | 2.3.10 |
Affected products
- HackerOne method-override node module
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
References
- nodesecurity.io /advisories/538 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16136 · advisory
- github.com /expressjs/method-override/commit/4c58835a61fdf7a8e070d6f8ecd5379a961d0987 · web
- github.com /expressjs/method-override · package
- npmjs.com /advisories/538 · web
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2017-16136
- GitHub Advisory: GHSA-qx2f-477c-35rq
- NVD: CVE-2017-16136
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