const express = require('express'); const xpath = require('xpath'); const app = express(); app.get('/some/route', function(req, res) { let userName = req.param("userName"); // $ Source let badXPathExpr = xpath.parse("//users/user[login/text()='" + userName + "']/home_dir/text()"); // $ Alert - Use user-provided data directly in an XPath expression badXPathExpr.select({ node: root }); });