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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• Strapi plugins vulnerable to Server-Side Template Injection and Remote Code Execution in the Users-Permissions Plugin (GHSA-2h87-4q2w-v4hf) - CVE-2023-22621

Tags:

npm

ejs