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CVE-2018-3721 (GCVE-0-2018-3721)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-07 02:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 22:34
VLAI
Summary
lodash node module before 4.17.5 suffers from a Modification of Assumed-Immutable Data (MAID) vulnerability via defaultsDeep, merge, and mergeWith functions, which allows a malicious user to modify the prototype of "Object" via __proto__, causing the addition or modification of an existing property that will exist on all objects.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-471 - Modification of Assumed-Immutable Data (MAID) (CWE-471)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
HackerOne lodash node module Affected: Versions before 4.17.5
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Date Public
2018-04-26 00:00
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