CVE-2020-7713

Prototype Pollution

Critical · published September 1, 2020

CVSS v3.1
9.8
EPSS
2%
Percentile
79.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

🔥 A craftily designed constructor is the key to prototype pollution in all versions of arr-flatten-unflatten! Think of this like a construction crew building a house with incorrect blueprints—anyone can influence the structure without permission, leading to chaos in the entire building! An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to modify the prototype of an object, potentially gaining access to sensitive data or compromising the integrity of applications that rely on arr-flatten-unflatten. The consequences can be absolutely devastating, allowing the attacker to manipulate the behavior of your code like a puppeteer pulling strings!

Put simply

Think of this like a construction crew building a house with incorrect blueprints—anyone can influence the structure without permission, leading to chaos in the entire building! This vulnerability allows attackers to inject properties into the prototype of objects via the package constructor. By exploiting this flaw, they can alter object properties that all instances will inherit, leading to unexpected behaviors or critical failures in applications.

What to do

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to modify the prototype of an object, potentially gaining access to sensitive data or compromising the integrity of applications that rely on arr-flatten-unflatten. The consequences can be absolutely devastating, allowing the attacker to manipulate the behavior of your code like a puppeteer pulling strings! Upgrade to the patched version as soon as possible to eliminate this risk. Review your codebase for uses of arr-flatten-unflatten, and consider implementing input validation to prevent malicious data from being processed. You've got this! With a quick update, you can secure your application and keep your users safe! 🛡️

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.8 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01916 · 79.7th percentile
Published
2020-09-01T09:10Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 SEP 09:10Z
    Prototype Pollution
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