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Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')

CVE-2021-23403

Severity High
Score 9.8/10

Summary

ts-nodash prior to 1.2.7 is vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via the Merge() function due to lack of validation input.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-1321 - Prototype Pollution

Prototype pollution is one of the lesser-known vulnerabilities. It allows attackers to abuse the rules of JavaScript by injecting properties into the general object “Object” in JS. Modifying the prototype of “Object” affects the behavior of all objects in the entire app, potentially resulting in denial of service, arbitrary code execution, cross-site scripting, etc.

Advisory Timeline

  • Published