What is CVE-2024-10491?

CVE-2024-10491 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Express, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2024-10-29.

How severe is CVE-2024-10491?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-10491 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Express

CVE-2024-10491

A vulnerability has been identified in the Express response.links function, allowing for arbitrary resource injection in the Link header when unsanitized data is used. The issue arises from improper sanitization in `Link` header values, w…

EPSS: 0.004 (34.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Express — versions 3.0.0-alpha1
Openjsf Express

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-74 — Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

yokozuna47/backend-diary

References

36c7be3b-2937-45df-85ea-ca7133ea542c (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-10491?: CVE-2024-10491 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Express, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2024-10-29.
How severe is CVE-2024-10491?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-10491 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.