CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2020-36048

Engine.IO before 4.0.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a POST request to the long polling transport.

5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/socketio/engine.io/commit/734f9d1268840722c41219e69eb58318e0b2ac6b Patch Third Party Advisory
https://blog.caller.xyz/socketio-engineio-dos/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/bcaller/kill-engine-io Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:socket:engine.io:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2021-01-08 12:15

Updated : 2021-01-12 03:55

NVD link : CVE-2020-36048

Mitre link : CVE-2020-36048

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-400