CVE-2013-7452

FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-7452 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) bypass vulnerability in the Node.js validator module prior to version 1.1.0. An attacker could exploit this by crafting a malicious javascript URI. Rated as MEDIUM severity with a CVSS score of 6.1, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and could lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		<= 1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js::::::::

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

Exploitability Score

2.8

Impact Score

2.7

CvssVersion

3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

2.05%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

79.2%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-28

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0205 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 26,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

npmpatch availablevia ghsa

Product: validatorFixed in: 1.1.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-rh6c-q938-3r9qmedium

Moderate severity vulnerability that affects validator

Oct 24, 2017

References

nodesecurity.io / advisories/41

VDB EntryVendor Advisory

openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory