CVE-2020-28481
Insecure Defaults
MEDIUM
4.3
CVSS Score
Published: January 19, 2021 at 02:45 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:10 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSocket.io
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Severity
MEDIUM4.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%
Description
The package socket.io before 2.4.0 are vulnerable to Insecure Defaults due to CORS Misconfiguration. All domains are whitelisted by default.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (4)
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/socketio/socket.io/issues/3671x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWER-1056358x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1056357x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SOCKETIO-1024859CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- LOW
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-346
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