7.2
HIGH
CVE-2024-38526
pdoc JavaScript Injection Vulnerability
Description

pdoc provides API Documentation for Python Projects. Documentation generated with `pdoc --math` linked to JavaScript files from polyfill.io. The polyfill.io CDN has been sold and now serves malicious code. This issue has been fixed in pdoc 14.5.1.

INFO

Published Date :

June 26, 2024, 12:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

July 24, 2024, 5:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2024-38526 has a 2 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-2024-38526 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.

No affected product recoded yet

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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).

CVE-2024-38526 - Polyfill Scanner

Shell

Updated: 1 month ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 5, 2024, 5:09 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

📡 PoC auto collect from GitHub. ⚠️ Be careful Malware.

security cve exploit poc vulnerability

Updated: 4 weeks ago
6375 stars 1107 fork 1107 watcher
Born at : Dec. 8, 2019, 1:03 p.m. This repo has been linked 904 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-2024-38526 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-38526 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 [email protected]

    Jul. 24, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/polyfillio-in-pdoc-cve-2024-38526 [No types assigned]
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jun. 26, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description pdoc provides API Documentation for Python Projects. Documentation generated with `pdoc --math` linked to JavaScript files from polyfill.io. The polyfill.io CDN has been sold and now serves malicious code. This issue has been fixed in pdoc 14.5.1.
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/mitmproxy/pdoc/security/advisories/GHSA-5vgj-ggm4-fg62 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/mitmproxy/pdoc/pull/703 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://sansec.io/research/polyfill-supply-chain-attack [No types assigned]
    Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L
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