Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2013-7451 is an old vulnerability in the Node.js validator module before version 1.1.0. Its XSS filter could be bypassed with nested tags, so applications that trusted it to clean untrusted HTML may have allowed script content through. Exposure is most likely in legacy Node.js applications that still depend on validator versions before 1.1.0 and use its XSS filtering on user-controlled content. Treat this as a targeted legacy-dependency cleanup item, not an emergency, unless the vulnerable filter protects exposed user-generated content in production. Mitigation focus: Inventory Node.js applications and lockfiles for the validator package.; Upgrade validator to version 1.1.0 or later where still in use.; Check vendor or package guidance before relying on legacy XSS filtering behavior..
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- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/41CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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