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Vulnerability details: VCID-8jr1-tn77-dfds
Vulnerability ID VCID-8jr1-tn77-dfds
Aliases CVE-2014-6393
GHSA-gpvr-g6gh-9mc2
Summary No Charset in Content-Type Header Express do not specify a charset field in the content-type header while displaying level response messages. The lack of enforcing user's browser to set correct charset, could be leveraged by an attacker to perform a cross-site scripting attack, using non-standard encodings, like UTF-7.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.0029 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-6393
epss 0.0029 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-6393
epss 0.0029 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-6393
epss 0.0029 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-6393
epss 0.0029 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-6393
epss 0.0029 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-6393
epss 0.0029 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-6393
epss 0.0029 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-6393
epss 0.0029 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-6393
epss 0.0029 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-6393
epss 0.0029 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-6393
epss 0.0029 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-6393
epss 0.0029 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-6393
epss 0.0029 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-6393
epss 0.0029 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-6393
epss 0.0029 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-6393
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1203190
generic_textual MODERATE https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1203190
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gpvr-g6gh-9mc2
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gpvr-g6gh-9mc2
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gpvr-g6gh-9mc2
cvssv3 5.4 https://github.com/nodejs/security-wg/blob/main/vuln/npm/8.json
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6393
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6393
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/8
generic_textual MODERATE https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/8
Reference id Reference type URL
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-6393
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2014-6393.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-6393
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1203190
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-6393
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gpvr-g6gh-9mc2
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6393
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/8
8 https://github.com/nodejs/security-wg/blob/main/vuln/npm/8.json
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1203190
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gpvr-g6gh-9mc2
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6393
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/8
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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adjacent_network

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.52326
EPSS Score 0.0029
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:47:17.875922+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/npm/express/CVE-2014-6393.yml 38.0.0