CVE-2025-48997 (GCVE-0-2025-48997)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-06-03 18:21
Modified
2025-06-03 18:30
Severity ?
8.7 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
Summary
Multer is a node.js middleware for handling `multipart/form-data`. A vulnerability that is present starting in version 1.4.4-lts.1 and prior to version 2.0.1 allows an attacker to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending an upload file request with an empty string field name. This request causes an unhandled exception, leading to a crash of the process. Users should upgrade to `2.0.1` to receive a patch. No known workarounds are available.
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Impacted products
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expressjs multer Version: >= 1.4.4-lts.1, < 2.0.1
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