Prototype pollution in libnested - CVE-2020-28283
Published: December 29, 2020 / Updated: December 29, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU49203
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-28283
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Dominic Tarr
Affected software:
libnested
libnested
Detailed vulnerability description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can inject and execute arbitrary script code.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-28283
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.