SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-20088

Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution') in mootools-more 1.6.0 allows a malicious user to inject properties into Object.prototype.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 1.45%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.45%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution') in mootools-more 1.6.0 allows a malicious user to inject properties into Object.prototype.

CVSS 3.1
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.45% probability · 73th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-1321
Affected
mootools/mootools-more
Source
vulnreport@tenable.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 1.45%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 1.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.