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CVE-2017-5941

75
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5941 describes a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the node-serialize package version 0.0.4 for Node.js. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by injecting untrusted data containing an Immediately Invoked Function Expression (IIFE) into the unserialize() function. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the CISA KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:node-serialize_project:node-serialize:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
61.02%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-50036 · Jun 18, 2021
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.6102 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-q4v7-4rhw-9hqmcritical

Code Execution through IIFE in node-serialize

Jul 18, 2018

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/161356/Node.JS-Remote-Code-Execution.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/163222/Node.JS-Remote-Code-Execution.html
nodesecurity.io / advisories/311
Third Party Advisory
opsecx.com / index.php/2017/02/08/exploiting-node-js-deserialization-bug-for-remote-code-execution
ExploitThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/96225
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry