MediumGHSA-fxwf-4rqh-v8g3CVE-2020-28481

CORS misconfiguration in socket.io

Published 20 Jan 2021 · Updated 14 Jan 2025

Affected package

socket.ionpm
Affected
<2.4.0
Fixed in
2.4.0
Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:npm install socket.io@2.4.0

Details

The package socket.io before 2.4.0 are vulnerable to Insecure Defaults due to CORS Misconfiguration. All domains are whitelisted by default.

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References

Advisory data from OSV.dev (opens OSV.dev in a new tab), refreshed daily.