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Security checkSeptember 08, 2023

mde ejs vulnerable to XSS

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Medium severitynpmejs

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Description

nodejs ejs version older than 2.5.5 is vulnerable to a Cross-site-scripting in the ejs.renderFile() resulting in code injection

Recommendation

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

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

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