CVE-2020-8116 (GCVE-0-2020-8116)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-02-04 19:08 – Updated: 2024-08-04 09:48
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-471 - Modification of Assumed-Immutable Data (MAID) (CWE-471)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a dot-prop Affected: before 4.2.1
Affected: 5.x before 5.1.1
Affected: Fixed in 5.1.1
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