GHSA-VQ33-26PR-R4H6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:37 – Updated: 2024-04-01 22:02
VLAI
Summary
flattenizer vulnerable to prototype pollution
Details

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.

var flattenizer = require("flattenizer")
flattenizer.unflatten({'__proto__.polluted': true});
console.log(polluted);
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 1.0.5"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "flattenizer"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0.0.5"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.1.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2020-28279"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-1321"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-04-01T22:02:50Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2020-12-29T18:15:00Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "### Overview\nPrototype pollution vulnerability in \u2018flattenizer\u2019 versions 0.0.5 through 1.0.5 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service and may lead to remote code execution.\n\n### Details\nThe NPM module \u0027flattenizer\u0027 can be abused by Prototype Pollution vulnerability since the function \u0027unflatten()\u0027 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.\n\n### PoC Details\nThere is no validation before assigning the property to check whether the assigned argument is the Object\u0027s 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.\n\n```js\nvar flattenizer = require(\"flattenizer\")\nflattenizer.unflatten({\u0027__proto__.polluted\u0027: true});\nconsole.log(polluted);\n```",
  "id": "GHSA-vq33-26pr-r4h6",
  "modified": "2024-04-01T22:02:50Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T17:37:25Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28279"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/sahellebusch/flattenizer/pull/13"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/sahellebusch/flattenizer/commit/3c6a6353df7c8879e931973b81a49a47f6c2b399"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210104205035/https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2020-28279"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "flattenizer vulnerable to prototype pollution"
}


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