CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2022-37616

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. NOTE: the vendor states "we are in the process of marking this report as invalid"; however, some third parties takes the position that "A prototype injection/Prototype pollution is not just when global objects are polluted with recursive merge or deep cloning but also when a target object is polluted."

9.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/blob/bc36efddf9948aba15618f85dc1addfc2ac9d7b2/lib/dom.js#L1 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/issues/436 Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/blob/bc36efddf9948aba15618f85dc1addfc2ac9d7b2/lib/dom.js#L3 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/security/advisories/GHSA-9pgh-qqpf-7wqj Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00023.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3488932.3497769 Third Party Advisory
https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3488932.3497769 Technical Description Third Party Advisory
http://users.encs.concordia.ca/~mmannan/publications/JS-vulnerability-aisaccs2022.pdf Technical Description Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/issues/436#issuecomment-1319412826 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/issues/436#issuecomment-1327776560 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:xmldom_project:xmldom:0.9.0:beta1:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xmldom_project:xmldom:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xmldom_project:xmldom:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xmldom_project:xmldom:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2022-10-11 05:15

Updated : 2023-02-10 04:17

NVD link : CVE-2022-37616

Mitre link : CVE-2022-37616

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-1321

Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')