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CVE-2022-37616: Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')

October 11, 2022 (updated February 10, 2023)

A prototype pollution vulnerability exists in the function copy in dom.js in the xmldom (published as @xmldom/xmldom) package before 0.8.3 for Node.js via the p variable.

References

  • github.com/xmldom/xmldom/blob/bc36efddf9948aba15618f85dc1addfc2ac9d7b2/lib/dom.js
  • github.com/xmldom/xmldom/blob/bc36efddf9948aba15618f85dc1addfc2ac9d7b2/lib/dom.js
  • github.com/xmldom/xmldom/issues/436
  • github.com/xmldom/xmldom/security/advisories/GHSA-9pgh-qqpf-7wqj
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-37616

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions up to 0.7.6, all versions starting from 0.8.0 before 0.8.3, version 0.9.0

Solution

Unfortunately, there is no solution available yet.

Impact 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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Weakness

  • CWE-1321: Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')

Source file

npm/xmldom/CVE-2022-37616.yml

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