ejs is vulnerable to remote code execution due to weak input validation

Description

nodejs ejs versions older than 2.5.3 is vulnerable to remote code execution due to weak input validation in ejs.renderFile() function

Recommendation

Update the ejs package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

Affected version(s): < 2.5.3
Patched version(s): 2.5.5

References

GHSA-3w5v-p54c-f74x
snyk.io
web.archive.org
CVE-2017-1000228
CWE-20
CAPEC-310
OWASP 2021-A3
OWASP 2021-A6

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