VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-28461
If an attacker submits a malicious INI file to an application that parses it with parse , they will pollute the prototype on the application.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.16%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.16%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
This affects the package js-ini before 1.3.0. If an attacker submits a malicious INI file to an application that parses it with parse , they will pollute the prototype on the application. This can be exploited further depending on the context.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.16% probability · 65th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-1321
- Affected
- js-ini project/js-ini
- Source
- report@snyk.io
References
- https://github.com/Sdju/js-ini/commit/fa17efb7e3a7c9464508a254838d4c231784931ePatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-JSINI-1048970Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Sdju/js-ini/commit/fa17efb7e3a7c9464508a254838d4c231784931ePatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-JSINI-1048970Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.