Merge branch '4.x' into master

History.md

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 unreleased
 ==========
+
+  * Deprecate `res.location("back")` and `res.redirect("back")` magic string
+  * deps: serve-static@1.16.2
+    * includes send@0.19.0
+  * deps: finalhandler@1.3.1
   * deps: qs@6.13.0
 
 4.20.0 / 2024-09-10

lib/response.js

@@ -916,6 +916,7 @@ res.location = function location(url) {
 
   // "back" is an alias for the referrer
   if (url === 'back') {
+    deprecate('res.location("back"): use res.location(req.get("Referrer") || "/") and refer to https://dub.sh/security-redirect for best practices');
     loc = this.req.get('Referrer') || '/';
   } else {
     loc = String(url);

package.json

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     "encodeurl": "~2.0.0",
     "escape-html": "~1.0.3",
     "etag": "~1.8.1",
-    "finalhandler": "1.2.0",
+    "finalhandler": "1.3.1",
     "fresh": "0.5.2",
     "http-errors": "2.0.0",
     "merge-descriptors": "1.0.3",
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     "range-parser": "~1.2.1",
     "safe-buffer": "5.2.1",
     "send": "0.19.0",
-    "serve-static": "1.16.0",
+    "serve-static": "1.16.2",
     "setprototypeof": "1.2.0",
     "statuses": "2.0.1",
     "type-is": "~1.6.18",