Prototype Pollution in utils-extend package for npm



Published: 2020-04-02
Risk Medium
Patch available NO
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID N/A
CWE-ID CWE-400
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit Public exploit code for vulnerability #1 is available.
Vulnerable software
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Vendor douzi8

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Prototype Pollution

EUVDB-ID: #VU26524

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1:

CVE-ID: N/A

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the "extend" method. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request and add or modify properties of Object.prototype.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

utils-extend: 1.0.0 - 1.0.8

CPE2.3 External links

http://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-UTILSEXTEND-560385
http://github.com/douzi8/utils-extend/pull/1


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?



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