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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-41097

There is a prototype pollution vulnerability in aurelia-path before version 1.1.7.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 4.90%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.90%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

aurelia-path is part of the Aurelia platform and contains utilities for path manipulation. There is a prototype pollution vulnerability in aurelia-path before version 1.1.7. The vulnerability exposes Aurelia application that uses `aurelia-path` package to parse a string. The majority of this will be Aurelia applications that employ the `aurelia-router` package. An example is this could allow an attacker to change the prototype of base object class `Object` by tricking an application to parse the following URL: `https://aurelia.io/blog/?__proto__[asdf]=asdf`. The problem is patched in version `1.1.7`.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
4.90% probability · 92th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-1321
Affected
bluespire/aurelia-path
Source
security-advisories@github.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.