GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-82jv-9wjw-pqh6 Prototype pollution in emit function

LOW Published 2024-04-17 Modified 2024-04-17 Official page ↗
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
derby
Severity
Low
Weaknesses
CWE-1321
Reviewed
2024-04-17

Affected packages

• npm derby: < 2.3.2 → fixed in 2.3.2 • npm derby: >= 3.0.0, < 3.0.2 → fixed in 3.0.2 • npm derby: >= 4.0.0-beta1, < 4.0.0-beta.11 → fixed in 4.0.0-beta.11

Description

Summary A prototype pollution in derby can crash the application, if the application author has atypical HTML templates that feed user input into an object key. Attribute keys are almost always developer-controlled, not end-user-controlled, so this shouldn't be an issue in practice for most applications. Details ``` emit(context: Context, target: T) { const node = traverseAndCreate(context.controller, this.segments); node[this.lastSegment] = target; this.addListeners(target, node, this.lastSegment); } ``` The emit() function in src/templates/templates.ts is called without sanitizing the variable `this.lastSegment `. The variable `this.lastSegment ` can be set to `__proto__`, and this will pollute the prototype of Javascipt Object (`node['__proto__'] = target`). PoC To reproduce this vulnerability, you can adjust the test case `ignores DOM mutations in components\' create()` in `test/dom/ComponentHarness.mocha.js`. ``` it('ignores DOM mutations in components\' create()', function() { function Box() {} Box.view = { is: 'box', • source: '' + source: '' }; Box.prototype.create = function() { this.boxElement.className = 'box-changed-in-create'; }; var harness = runner.createHarness('', Box); expect(harness).to.render(''); }); ``` When `as` attribute is controlled by attackers, the variable in `this.lastSegment` will exactly take value` __proto__` and prototype pollution happens. Patch Add a check on `this.lastSegment` can prevent this attack. ``` emit(context: Context, target: T) { const node = traverseAndCreate(context.controller, this.segments); + if (this.lastSegment.includes('__proto__') || this.lastSegment.includes('prototype')) { + throw new Error('Unsafe code detected'); + } node[this.lastSegment] = target; this.addListeners(target, node, this.lastSegment); } ```

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-1321 Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes weakness

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