MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2020-7693

Sockjs vulnerability

CVSS
5.3
EPSS
5.0%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
Incorrect handling of Upgrade header with the value websocket leads in crashing of containers hosting sockjs apps. This affects the package sockjs before 0.3.20.
Affected vendor
Sockjs Project
Affected product
Sockjs
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2020-07-09

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2020-7693

  • Confirm whether Sockjs Project Sockjs is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2020-7693.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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