Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU84448

Prototype pollution in deep-object-diff - CVE-2022-41713

Published: December 15, 2023

Vulnerability identifier: #VU84448

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-41713

CWE-ID: CWE-1321

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to edit or add new properties to an object.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly validate incoming JSON keys, thus allowing the '__proto__' property to be edited. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform prototype pollution, which can result in data manipulation.

Affected software

deep-object-diff
UCV – UrbanCode Velocity

How to mitigate CVE-2022-41713

Install updates from vendor's website.

deep-object-diff - update to 1.1.5
UCV – UrbanCode Velocity - update to 4.0.6

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