CVE-2020-36618
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Furqan node-whois.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.94%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Furqan node-whois. Affected is an unknown function of the file index.coffee. The manipulation leads to improperly controlled modification of object prototype attributes ('prototype pollution'). It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The name of the patch is 46ccc2aee8d063c7b6b4dee2c2834113b7286076. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216252.
- 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
- 0.94% probability · 59th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-74, CWE-1321
- Affected
- furqansofware/node whois
- Source
- cna@vuldb.com
References
- https://github.com/FurqanSoftware/node-whois/commit/46ccc2aee8d063c7b6b4dee2c2834113b7286076Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/FurqanSoftware/node-whois/pull/105Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?id.216252Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/FurqanSoftware/node-whois/commit/46ccc2aee8d063c7b6b4dee2c2834113b7286076Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/FurqanSoftware/node-whois/pull/105Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?id.216252Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.