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CVE-2024-40453

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-40453 is a critical code injection vulnerability affecting Squirrelly.js versions 9.0.0 and earlier, specifically within the options.varName component. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.8, indicating a severe risk with a network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high potential for confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. While there are no known public exploits, Metasploit modules, or Nuclei templates, and it lacks significant community discussion or media coverage, its critical severity warrants immediate attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelly:squirrelly:9.0.0:*:*:*:*: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
1.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0113 is in the 49th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: squirrellyFixed in: 9.1.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-w5pw-gmcw-rfc8high

squirrelly Code Injection vulnerability

Aug 21, 2024

References

github.com / squirrellyjs/squirrelly
Product
github.com / squirrellyjs/squirrelly/pull/262
Patch
samuzora.com / posts/cve-2024-40453
Exploit