Vulnerability identifier: #VU18092
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv3.1:
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: Yes
Vulnerable software:
jQuery
Web applications /
JS libraries
Vendor: The jQuery Team
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to prototype pollution. A remote attacker can trick the extend
function can into modifying the prototype of Object
when the attacker controls part of the structure passed to this function. This can let an attacker add or modify an existing property that will then exist on all objects and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Mitigation
Update to version 3.4.0.
Vulnerable software versions
jQuery: 1.0.0 - 3.3.1
CPE
External links
http://github.com/jquery/jquery/pull/4333
http://github.com/jquery/jquery/commit/753d591aea698e57d6db58c9f722cd0808619b1b
http://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-JQUERY-174006
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?