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Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

CVE-2024-47764

Medium
5.3/10

Summary

The NPM package cookie is a basic HTTP cookie parser and serializer for HTTP servers. The cookie name could be used to set other fields of the cookie, resulting in an unexpected cookie value. A similar escape can be used for "path" and "domain", which could be abused to alter other fields of the cookie. This vulnerability affects cookie package versions prior to 0.7.0. Users are advised to upgrade to a fixed version, which updates the validation for "name", "path", and "domain".

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  • NETWORK
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  • UNCHANGED
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CWE-74 - Injection

Listed as the number one web application security risk on the 'OWASP Top Ten', injection attacks are widespread and dangerous, especially in legacy applications. Injection attacks are a class of vulnerabilities in which an attacker injects untrusted data into a web application that gets processed by an interpreter, altering the program's execution. This can result in data loss/theft, loss of data integrity, denial of service, and even compromising the entire system.

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