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

CVE-2022-25878

High
7.5/10

Summary

The package protobufjs prior to 6.10.3 and 6.11.x prior to 6.11.3 are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution which can allow an attacker to add/modify properties of the "Object.prototype". This vulnerability can occur in multiple ways: 1. by providing untrusted user input to "util.setProperty" or to "ReflectionObject.setParsedOption" functions 2. by "parsing/loading .proto" files.

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

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