Prototype Pollution in CasperJS - CVE-2020-7679

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Prototype Pollution in CasperJS - CVE-2020-7679

Published: June 24, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU29231
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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-2020-7679
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
CasperJS
Software vendor:
casperjs.org

Description

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

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


Remediation

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

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