Resource exhaustion in express-mock-middleware - CVE-2020-7616
Published: April 7, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU26638
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-7616
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: LingyuCoder
Affected software:
express-mock-middleware
express-mock-middleware
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in exported functions by the package. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request and add or modify properties of Object.prototype.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-7616
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.