CVE-2025-47944

high

Description

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 2.0.0 allows an attacker to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending a malformed multi-part upload request. This request causes an unhandled exception, leading to a crash of the process. Users should upgrade to version 2.0.0 to receive a patch. No known workarounds are available.

References

https://github.com/expressjs/multer/security/advisories/GHSA-4pg4-qvpc-4q3h

https://github.com/expressjs/multer/issues/1176

https://github.com/expressjs/multer/commit/2c8505f207d923dd8de13a9f93a4563e59933665

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-05-19

Updated: 2025-05-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00038