Detect JSON Insecure Deserialization Threats from Text in Node.JS

Ensuring that you have a solid and concrete method for protecting the sensitive information of your company, employees, and clients is incredibly important. JSON Insecure Deserialization (JID) attacks are a serious threat to the information contained by any applications that utilize JSON, if you don’t have the proper security in place. By utilizing the following API in Node.JS, you will be able check and detect JID attacks from text inputs on your site.

Our first step is to run this command to install the API client:

npm install cloudmersive-security-api-client --save

Or, we can add this snippet to our package.json:

"dependencies": {
    "cloudmersive-security-api-client": "^1.2.0"
  }

Next, we can configure the API key and call the function with the below example code:

var CloudmersiveSecurityApiClient = require('cloudmersive-security-api-client');
var defaultClient = CloudmersiveSecurityApiClient.ApiClient.instance;
// Configure API key authorization: Apikey
var Apikey = defaultClient.authentications['Apikey'];
Apikey.apiKey = 'YOUR API KEY';
var apiInstance = new CloudmersiveSecurityApiClient.ContentThreatDetectionApi();
var value = "value_example"; // String | User-facing text input.
var callback = function(error, data, response) {
  if (error) {
    console.error(error);
  } else {
    console.log('API called successfully. Returned data: ' + data);
  }
};
apiInstance.contentThreatDetectionDetectInsecureDeserializationJsonString(value, callback);

To retrieve an API key for the operation, head over to the Cloudmersive website and register for a free account; this provides 800 calls/month across our entire library of APIs.