CVE-2020-28461: Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')

July 26, 2022 (updated August 6, 2022)

This affects the package js-ini before 1.3.0. If an attacker submits a malicious INI file to an application that parses it with parse, they will pollute the prototype on the application. This can be exploited further depending on the context.

References

github.com/Sdju/js-ini/commit/fa17efb7e3a7c9464508a254838d4c231784931e
github.com/advisories/GHSA-m939-vrfp-9v8p
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28461
security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-JSINI-1048970

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