CVE-2025-59364
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Publication date: 2025-09-14

Last updated on: 2025-09-15

Assigner: MITRE

Description
The express-xss-sanitizer (aka Express XSS Sanitizer) package through 2.0.0 for Node.js has an unbounded recursion depth in sanitize in lib/sanitize.js for a JSON request body.
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Published
2025-09-14
Last Modified
2025-09-15
Generated
2026-06-16
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2025-09-15
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-15
NVD
CVE-2025-59364
EUVD
EUVD-2025-29138
Affected Vendors & Products
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Vendor Product Version / Range
express-xss-sanitizer express-xss-sanitizer 2.0.1
express-xss-sanitizer express-xss-sanitizer 2.0.0
node.js node.js *
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CWE ID Description
CWE-674 The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.
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Executive Summary

The vulnerability in the express-xss-sanitizer package for Node.js is an unbounded recursion depth in the sanitize function located in lib/sanitize.js when processing a JSON request body. This means the function can recurse indefinitely, potentially causing a crash or denial of service.

Impact Analysis

This vulnerability can lead to a denial of service (DoS) condition by causing the application to crash or become unresponsive due to unbounded recursion when handling JSON request bodies.

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