CVE-2015-8856: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

October 24, 2017 (updated September 20, 2021)

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the serve-index package before 1.6.3 for Node.js allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted file or directory name.

References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11
www.securityfocus.com/bid/96392
github.com/advisories/GHSA-v633-x5vv-hqwc
github.com/expressjs/serve-index/issues/28
nodesecurity.io/advisories/34
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8856
www.npmjs.com/advisories/34

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