express up to 3.21.2 dynamic injection

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A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in express up to 3.21.2. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation of the argument dynamic leads to injection. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-10491. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in express up to 3.21.2 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation of the argument dynamic with an unknown input leads to a injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

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, which can allow a combination of characters like `,`, `;`, and `<>` to preload malicious resources. This vulnerability is especially relevant for dynamic parameters.

The weakness was shared by Abze. The advisory is available at herodevs.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-10491 since 10/29/2024. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/30/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1055 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 297195 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-10491), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (297195). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• express

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• 3.21.0
• 3.21.1
• 3.21.2

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