Prototype Pollution
Description
An application object, method or module can be overwritten with malicious logic due to the lack of validations and the nature of the JavaScript language.
Impact
- Overwrite or pollute the behavior of existing methods in the application. - Lead to dangerous vulnerabilities such as XSS, SQLi, RCE, among others.
Recommendation
- Implement integrity validations on the vulnerable objects. - Restrict and Discourage the use harmful properties such as _proto_ in the system objects.
Threat
Authenticated attacker from the Internet.
Expected Remediation Time
⏱️ 60 minutes.
Requirements
173 - Discard unsafe inputsFixes
Score
Default score using CVSS 4.0. It may change depending on the context of the src.
Base 4.0
Attack vector
N
Attack complexity
H
Attack requirements
N
Privileges required
L
User interaction
N
Confidentiality (VC)
N
Integrity (VI)
L
Availability (VA)
N
Confidentiality (SC)
N
Integrity (SI)
N
Availability (SA)
N
Threat 4.0
Exploit maturity
P
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P