{"id":"CVE-2020-28273","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-28273","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:29:56.874Z","title":"Prototype pollution vulnerability in 'set-in' versions 1.0.0 through 2.0.0 allows attacker to cause a denial of service and may lead to remote code execution.","description":"Prototype pollution vulnerability in 'set-in' versions 1.0.0 through 2.0.0 allows attacker to cause a denial of service and may lead to remote code execution.","published":"2020-12-02T15:15:13.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:10:16.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"vulnerabilitylab@mend.io","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["set-in project/set-in"],"epss":{"score":0.04045,"percentile":0.90554,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.04%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/ahdinosaur/set-in/commit/e431effa00195a6f06b111e09733cd1445a91a88","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"vulnerabilitylab@mend.io"},{"url":"https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"vulnerabilitylab@mend.io"},{"url":"https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2020-28273","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"vulnerabilitylab@mend.io"},{"url":"https://github.com/ahdinosaur/set-in/commit/e431effa00195a6f06b111e09733cd1445a91a88","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2020-28273","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28273","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}