How severe is GHSA-f5cv-xrv9-r8w7?

No CVSS score has been assigned to GHSA-f5cv-xrv9-r8w7 yet. Review the advisory details and affected package list to assess your exposure.

Which packages are affected by GHSA-f5cv-xrv9-r8w7?

GHSA-f5cv-xrv9-r8w7 affects the following packages: express-cart (npm). Ecosystems affected: npm.

How do I fix GHSA-f5cv-xrv9-r8w7?

Update express-cart to 1.1.8 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-f5cv-xrv9-r8w7 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

How do I detect GHSA-f5cv-xrv9-r8w7 in my npm dependencies?

Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for express-cart. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.

How do I mitigate GHSA-f5cv-xrv9-r8w7 if there is no patch (or I can't update yet)?

If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

How does O3 Security protect against GHSA-f5cv-xrv9-r8w7?

O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-f5cv-xrv9-r8w7 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.

Is GHSA-f5cv-xrv9-r8w7 actively exploited in the wild?

No public exploit code has been indexed for GHSA-f5cv-xrv9-r8w7 yet. This does not mean the vulnerability cannot be exploited — absence of public exploits does not imply safety. Apply the recommended fix and use O3 Security to monitor your exposure.

When was GHSA-f5cv-xrv9-r8w7 published, and has it been updated?

GHSA-f5cv-xrv9-r8w7 was published on September 1, 2020 and was last updated on September 24, 2021. Advisory data evolves as severity scores, affected ranges, and exploit intelligence are revised — always check the latest version of the advisory before acting.

📦 npm

GHSA-f5cv-xrv9-r8w7

GHSA-f5cv-xrv9-r8w7 is a security vulnerability in express-cart. O3 Security confirms whether GHSA-f5cv-xrv9-r8w7 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.

NoSQL injection in express-cart

Published

Sep 1, 2020

Updated

Sep 24, 2021

Affected

1 pkg

Patched

1 / 1

Exploits

None indexed

Blast Radius

1 pkg affected

Weekly download volume for affected packages — a proxy for how broadly this vulnerability is deployed.

express-cartnpm

113downloads / week

Description

Versions of express-cart before 1.1.8 are vulnerable to NoSQL injection.

The vulnerability is caused by the lack of user input sanitization in the login handlers. In both cases, the customer login and the admin login, parameters from the JSON body are sent directly into the MongoDB query which allows to insert operators.

These operators can be used to extract the value of the field blindly in the same manner of a blind SQL injection. In this case, the $regex operator is used to guess each character of the token from the start.

Recommendation

Update to version 1.1.8 or later.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable range	Fix
📦npm	`express-cart`	all versions	1.1.8

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

Detect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for express-cart. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update express-cart to 1.1.8 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-f5cv-xrv9-r8w7 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-f5cv-xrv9-r8w7 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.

Tailored to GHSA-f5cv-xrv9-r8w7. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

Versions of `express-cart` before 1.1.8 are vulnerable to NoSQL injection. The vulnerability is caused by the lack of user input sanitization in the login handlers. In both cases, the customer login and the admin login, parameters from the JSON body are sent directly into the MongoDB query which allows to insert operators. These operators can be used to extract the value of the field blindly in the same manner of a blind SQL injection. In this case, the `$regex` operator is used to guess each character of the token from the start. ## Recommendation Update to version 1.1.8 or later.

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