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CVE-2020-7617 (GCVE-0-2020-7617)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-04-02 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-04 09:33
VLAI
Title
Prototype Pollution
Summary
ini-parser through 0.0.2 is vulnerable to Prototype Pollution.The library could be tricked into adding or modifying properties of Object.prototype using a '__proto__' payload.
Severity
4.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • Prototype Pollution
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
rawiroaisen ini-parser Affected: unspecified , ≤ 0.0.2 (custom)
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Credits
JHU System Security Lab
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