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

CVE-2021-23426

High
7.5/10

Summary

This affects all versions of package Proto. It is possible to inject pollute the object property of an application using Proto by leveraging the merge function.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
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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.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published