8.2
HIGH
CVE-2022-25878
protobufjs Prototype Pollution Vulnerability
Description

The package protobufjs before 6.11.3 are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution which can allow an attacker to add/modify properties of the Object.prototype. This vulnerability can occur in multiple ways: 1. by providing untrusted user input to util.setProperty or to ReflectionObject.setParsedOption functions 2. by parsing/loading .proto files

INFO

Published Date :

May 27, 2022, 8:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 6:53 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

4.2

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2022-25878 has a 3 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2022-25878 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Protobufjs_project protobufjs

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

My personal repository

Updated: 3 weeks, 6 days ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 6, 2023, 4:45 p.m. This repo has been linked 79 different CVEs too.

A centralized repository of standalone security patches for open source libraries.

appsec backport cve devsecops fix hotfix open-source patch protection remediation seal security update upgrade vulnerability

Updated: 10 months ago
182 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 30, 2023, 4:46 p.m. This repo has been linked 265 different CVEs too.

None

JavaScript Vue TypeScript SCSS CSS

Updated: 3 years, 6 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 2, 2021, 4:50 p.m. This repo has been linked 22 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2022-25878 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2022-25878 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/protobufjs/protobuf.js/blob/d13d5d5688052e366aa2e9169f50dfca376b32cf/src/util.js%23L176-L197
    Added Reference https://github.com/protobufjs/protobuf.js/commit/b5f1391dff5515894830a6570e6d73f5511b2e8f
    Added Reference https://github.com/protobufjs/protobuf.js/pull/1731
    Added Reference https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-2841507
    Added Reference https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-PROTOBUFJS-2441248
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 08, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/protobufjs/protobuf.js/blob/d13d5d5688052e366aa2e9169f50dfca376b32cf/src/util.js%23L176-L197 No Types Assigned https://github.com/protobufjs/protobuf.js/blob/d13d5d5688052e366aa2e9169f50dfca376b32cf/src/util.js%23L176-L197 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/protobufjs/protobuf.js/commit/b5f1391dff5515894830a6570e6d73f5511b2e8f No Types Assigned https://github.com/protobufjs/protobuf.js/commit/b5f1391dff5515894830a6570e6d73f5511b2e8f Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/protobufjs/protobuf.js/pull/1731 No Types Assigned https://github.com/protobufjs/protobuf.js/pull/1731 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-2841507 No Types Assigned https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-2841507 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-PROTOBUFJS-2441248 No Types Assigned https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-PROTOBUFJS-2441248 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-1321
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:protobufjs_project:protobufjs:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* versions up to (excluding) 6.11.3
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 02, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description The package protobufjs before 6.11.3 are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution which can allow an attacker to add/modify properties of the Object.prototype. This vulnerability can occur in multiple ways: 1. by providing untrusted user input to util.setProperty or to ReflectionObject.setParsedOption functions 2. by parsing/loading .proto files The package protobufjs before 6.11.3 are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution which can allow an attacker to add/modify properties of the Object.prototype. This vulnerability can occur in multiple ways: 1. by providing untrusted user input to util.setProperty or to ReflectionObject.setParsedOption functions 2. by parsing/loading .proto files
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.33 }} -0.75%

score

0.52933

percentile

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