CVE-2020-28461 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

This affects the package js-ini before 1.3.0. If an attacker submits a malicious INI file to an application that parses it with parse , they will pollute the prototype on the application. This can be exploited further depending on the context.

Published: 2022-07-25

Score: 7.3 High

EPSS: 1.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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js-ini

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 1.3.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:js-ini_project:js-ini:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-6376	This affects the package js-ini before 1.3.0. If an attacker submits a malicious INI file to an application that parses it with parse , they will pollute the prototype on the application. This can be exploited further depending on the context.
Github GHSA	GHSA-m939-vrfp-9v8p	js-ini Prorotype Pollution when malicious INI files submitted to an application that parses it with `parse`

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01135.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/Sdju/js-ini/commit/fa17efb7e3a7c9464508a254838d4c231784931e
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-JSINI-1048970

History

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Subscriptions

Js-ini Project Js-ini

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: snyk

Published: 2022-07-25T14:06:46.888Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T18:39:03.916Z

Reserved: 2020-11-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-28461

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-07-25T14:15:09.823

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:10:29.667

Link: CVE-2020-28461

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-1321
Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')

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