CVE-2020-8116

Aliases:GHSA-ff7x-qrg7-qggm
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 7
Modified
Published: 04 Feb 2020, 19:08
Last modified:04 Aug 2024, 09:48

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
40/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.76% LOW
1% probability +0.38%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

04 Feb 2020, 19:08
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Aug 2024, 09:48
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Prototype pollution vulnerability in dot-prop npm package versions before 4.2.1 and versions 5.x before 5.1.1 allows an attacker to add arbitrary properties to JavaScript language constructs such as objects.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.76%• Percentile: 74%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-1321•Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')

    The product receives input from an upstream component that specifies attributes that are to be initialized or updated in an object, but it does not properly control modifications of attributes of the object prototype.

  • CWE-471•Modification of Assumed-Immutable Data (MAID)

    The product does not properly protect an assumed-immutable element from being modified by an attacker.

Affected Systems

  • dot-prop_project•dot-prop

    < 4.2.1 | ≥ 5.0.0, < 5.1.1

  • Npm•dot-prop

    < 4.2.1 | ≥ 5.0.0, < 5.1.1

References (8)