GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-vq33-26pr-r4h6 flattenizer vulnerable to prototype pollution

CRITICAL Published 2022-05-24 Modified 2024-04-01 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2020-28279
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
flattenizer
Severity
Critical
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-1321
Reviewed
2024-04-01

Affected packages

• npm flattenizer: >= 0.0.5, < 1.1.1 → fixed in 1.1.1

Description

Overview Prototype pollution vulnerability in ‘flattenizer’ versions 0.0.5 through 1.0.5 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service and may lead to remote code execution. Details The NPM module 'flattenizer' can be abused by Prototype Pollution vulnerability since the function 'unflatten()' did not check for the type of object before assigning value to the property. Due to this flaw an attacker could create a non-existent property or able to manipulate the property which leads to Denial of Service or potentially Remote code execution. PoC Details There is no validation before assigning the property to check whether the assigned argument is the Object's own property or not, the property `polluted` will be directly be assigned thereby polluting the Object prototype. Later in the code, if there is a check to validate `polluted` the valued would be substituted as "true" as it had been polluted. ```js var flattenizer = require("flattenizer") flattenizer.unflatten({'__proto__.polluted': true}); console.log(polluted); ```

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2020-28279 Prototype pollution vulnerability in 'flattenizer' versions 0.0.5 through 1.0.5 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service and may… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

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

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