Prototype Pollution in changeset package for npm



Published: 2021-03-18
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2021-25915
CWE-ID CWE-400
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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Web applications / Modules and components for CMS

Vendor Eugene Ware

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Prototype Pollution

EUVDB-ID: #VU51572

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-25915

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources in the "apply()" function. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

changeset: 0.1.0 - 0.2.5

External links

http://github.com/eugeneware/changeset/commit/9e588844edbb9993b32e7366cc799262b4447f99
http://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25915


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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