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CVE-2017-5954

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5954 is a critical deserialization vulnerability in the Node.js serialize-to-js package version 0.5.0. It allows unauthenticated remote attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution by injecting untrusted data containing an Immediately Invoked Function Expression (IIFE) into the deserialize() function. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability poses a severe risk, enabling full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:serialize-to-js_project:serialize-to-js:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/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
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0446 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 36,821 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: serialize-to-jsFixed in: 1.0.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-mm62-wxc8-cf7mcritical

Code Execution Through IIFE in serialize-to-js

Jul 18, 2018

References

github.com / commenthol/serialize-to-js/issues/1
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
opsecx.com / index.php/2017/02/08/exploiting-node-js-deserialization-bug-for-remote-code-execution
ExploitThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/96223
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry