CVE Catalog

CVE-2023-38504

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.76%

50th percentile - higher than 50% of all known CVEs

Summary

Sails is a realtime MVC Framework for Node.js. In Sails apps prior to version 1.5.7, an attacker can send a virtual request that will cause the node process to crash.

Risk Assessment

Organizations using vulnerable versions of Sails may experience application downtime, leading to loss of service availability.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade to Sails version 1.5.7 or later. Alternatively, disable the sockets hook and remove the `sails.io.js` client.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Sails is a realtime MVC Framework for Node.js. In Sails apps prior to version 1.5.7,, an attacker can send a virtual request that will cause the node process to crash. This behavior was fixed in Sails v1.5.7. As a workaround, disable the sockets hook and remove the `sails.io.js` client.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS