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

CVE-2021-23470

High
9.8/10

Summary

This affects the package putil-merge before 3.8.0. The merge() function does not check the values passed into the argument. An attacker can supply a malicious value by adjusting the value to include the constructor property. Note: This vulnerability derives from an incomplete fix in CVE-2021-25953.

  • 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.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published