#VU47225 Prototype pollution in node-forge - CVE-2020-7720 

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#VU47225 Prototype pollution in node-forge - CVE-2020-7720

Published: September 30, 2020 / Updated: December 22, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU47225
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-7720
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
node-forge
Software vendor:
Synex Technologies

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed via the util.setPath function. A remote attacker can inject and execute arbitrary script code.



Remediation

Update to version 0.10.0.

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