Prototype pollution in Lodash - CVE-2018-16487
Published: July 22, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19305
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16487
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Lodash
Affected software:
Lodash
Lodash
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the merge, mergeWith, and defaultsDeep functions. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request and add or modify properties of Object.prototype.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of the affected application.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-16487
Install updates from vendor's website.