CVE-2025-57317: apidoc-core is vulnerable to prototype pollution

September 25, 2025 (updated September 26, 2025)

apidoc-core is the core parser library to generate apidoc result following the apidoc-spec. A Prototype Pollution vulnerability in the preProcess function of apidoc-core versions thru 0.15.0 allows attackers to inject properties on Object.prototype via supplying a crafted payload, causing denial of service (DoS) as the minimum consequence.

References

github.com/OrangeShieldInfos/PoCs/tree/main/JavaScript/prototype-pollution/CVE-2025-57317
github.com/VulnSageAgent/PoCs/blob/main/JavaScript/prototype-pollution/apidoc-core%400.15.0/index.js
github.com/advisories/GHSA-5q53-78f2-6gf8
github.com/apidoc/apidoc-core
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-57317

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