VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-37601
Prototype pollution vulnerability in function parseQuery in parseQuery.js in webpack loader-utils via the name variable in parseQuery.js.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 2.81%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.81%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Prototype pollution vulnerability in function parseQuery in parseQuery.js in webpack loader-utils via the name variable in parseQuery.js. This affects all versions prior to 1.4.1 and 2.0.3.
- 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
- 2.81% probability · 86th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-1321
- Affected
- webpack.js/loader-utils · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://users.encs.concordia.ca/~mmannan/publications/JS-vulnerability-aisaccs2022.pdfTechnical Description
- https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3488932.3497769Technical Description
- https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3488932.3497769Technical Description
- https://github.com/webpack/loader-utils/blob/d9f4e23cf411d8556f8bac2d3bf05a6e0103b568/lib/parseQuery.js#L11Product
- https://github.com/webpack/loader-utils/blob/d9f4e23cf411d8556f8bac2d3bf05a6e0103b568/lib/parseQuery.js#L47Product
- https://github.com/webpack/loader-utils/issues/212Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/webpack/loader-utils/issues/212#issuecomment-1319192884Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/issues/436#issuecomment-1319412826Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00044.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://users.encs.concordia.ca/~mmannan/publications/JS-vulnerability-aisaccs2022.pdfTechnical Description
- https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3488932.3497769Technical Description
- https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3488932.3497769Technical Description
- https://github.com/webpack/loader-utils/blob/d9f4e23cf411d8556f8bac2d3bf05a6e0103b568/lib/parseQuery.js#L11Product
- https://github.com/webpack/loader-utils/blob/d9f4e23cf411d8556f8bac2d3bf05a6e0103b568/lib/parseQuery.js#L47Product
- https://github.com/webpack/loader-utils/issues/212Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/webpack/loader-utils/issues/212#issuecomment-1319192884Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/issues/436#issuecomment-1319412826Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00044.htmlThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.