VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-28502
Provided requests are sent synchronously (async=False on xhr.open), malicious user input flowing into xhr.send could result in arbitrary code being injected and run.
HIGH 8.1EPSS 4.65%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.65%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
This affects the package xmlhttprequest before 1.7.0; all versions of package xmlhttprequest-ssl. Provided requests are sent synchronously (async=False on xhr.open), malicious user input flowing into xhr.send could result in arbitrary code being injected and run.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.65% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- xmlhttprequest project/xmlhttprequest
- Source
- report@snyk.io
References
- https://github.com/driverdan/node-XMLHttpRequest/blob/1.6.0/lib/XMLHttpRequest.js%23L480Broken Link
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1082937Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1082938Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-XMLHTTPREQUEST-1082935Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-XMLHTTPREQUESTSSL-1082936Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/driverdan/node-XMLHttpRequest/blob/1.6.0/lib/XMLHttpRequest.js%23L480Broken Link
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1082937Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1082938Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-XMLHTTPREQUEST-1082935Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-XMLHTTPREQUESTSSL-1082936Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.