CVE-2025-32379 (GCVE-0-2025-32379)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-04-09 15:56 – Updated: 2025-04-09 20:45
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Title
XSS at ctx.redirect() function in Koajs
Summary
Koa is expressive middleware for Node.js using ES2017 async functions. In koa < 2.16.1 and < 3.0.0-alpha.5, passing untrusted user input to ctx.redirect() even after sanitizing it, may execute javascript code on the user who use the app. This issue is patched in 2.16.1 and 3.0.0-alpha.5.
Severity ?
5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
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Vendor Product Version
koajs koa Affected: >= 3.0.0-alpha.0, < 3.0.0-alpha.5
Affected: < 2.16.1
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