CVE-2017-16136

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

method-override es un módulo empleado por el framework Express.js para permitir el uso de verbos HTTP como PUT o DELETE en lugares no soportados por el cliente. method-override es vulnerable a una denegación de servicio (DoS) por expresiones regulares cuando se pasan entradas especialmente manipuladas para que sean analizadas por la cabecera X-HTTP-Method-Override.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-09-27 First Exploit
2017-10-29 CVE Reserved
2018-06-07 CVE Published
2024-03-05 EPSS Updated
2024-09-17 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/538	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/ossf-cve-benchmark/CVE-2017-16136	2017-09-27

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Expressjs Search vendor "Expressjs"		Method-override Search vendor "Expressjs" for product "Method-override"				< 2.3.10 Search vendor "Expressjs" for product "Method-override" and version " < 2.3.10"		node.js		Affected