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Critical, CVSS 9.8amended

query-parser-string is vulnerable to Prototype Pollution

CVE-2025-63704GHSA-587p-w43q-4hjx

What to do

Vendor response not established. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check back for a fix.

This page has no inventory attached, so it cannot say whether you are affected. A vendor fix is not proof that your deployment is fixed.

Affected packages

  • npm query-string-parser

    Affected
    >= 1.0.0, <= 1.0.0
    Fixed in
    no fixed version recorded

Sources

Severity and exploitation
Exploitation
No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
CVSS
9.8 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
  • CVE-2025-63704: 0.48% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 41.15 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.
Source description

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

NPM package query-parser-string 1.0.0 is vulnerable to Prototype Pollution. The package does not properly sanitize user supplied query parameters and merges them to the newly created object.

Dates and revisions
Published by the source
Last modified by the source
Source last checked
  1. Revision 3 · amended ·

    Amended from ghsa record GHSA-587p-w43q-4hjx

  2. Revision 2 · amended ·

    Amended from osv record GHSA-587p-w43q-4hjx

  3. Revision 1 · created ·

    Published from ghsa record GHSA-587p-w43q-4hjx

Agent brief

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2025-63704

Advisory: query-parser-string is vulnerable to Prototype Pollution
IDs: CVE-2025-63704, GHSA-587p-w43q-4hjx
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2025-63704 (revision 3, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 12:51 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Critical (CVSS 9.8)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor response not established. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- npm query-string-parser: affected >= 1.0.0, <= 1.0.0

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- `npm ls query-string-parser --all`: lists every installed copy and version, including transitive ones. Run in the project root after `npm ci`.

## Supported action
No complete vendor fix is recorded. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check this record again before closing anything.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on query-string-parser.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-587p-w43q-4hjx (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-587p-w43q-4hjx lists affected ranges: npm query-string-parser >=1.0.0 <=1.0.0)
- Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-587p-w43q-4hjx (OSV record GHSA-587p-w43q-4hjx lists affected ranges: npm query-string-parser >=1.0.0 <=1.0.0)

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