CVE-2025-48997 HIGH

CVE-2025-48997: Multer vulnerable to Denial of Service via unhandled exception

Vendor Expressjs
Product multer
Weakness CWE-248
Published June 3, 2025
Last update June 3, 2025

CVSS base score

8.7/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 3, 2025 CVE published
June 3, 2025 Record updated