CVE-2020-28458

Summary

CVECVE-2020-28458
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-12-16 11:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-08-15 15:51:00 UTC
DescriptionAll versions of package datatables.net are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution due to an incomplete fix for https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-DATATABLESNET-598806.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-1321

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Datatables Datatables.net All All All All
Application Datatables Datatables.net All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Prototype Pollution in datatables.net | Snyk MISC snyk.io Exploit, Third Party Advisory
github.com/DataTables/Dist-DataTables/blob/master/js/jquery.dataTables.j... MISC github.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Prototype Pollution in org.webjars.bower:datatables.net | Snyk MISC snyk.io Third Party Advisory
Fix: Possible prototype pollution if `constructor` were used in a dat… · DataTables/DataTablesSrc@a51cbe9 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Prototype Pollution in org.webjars.npm:datatables.net | Snyk MISC snyk.io Third Party Advisory
Prototype Pollution in datatables.net | Snyk MISC snyk.io Third Party Advisory
Dist-DataTables/jquery.dataTables.js at master · DataTables/Dist-DataTables · GitHub MITRE github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Alessio Della Libera (d3lla)

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 379452 IBM Cognos Analytics Multiple Vulnerabilities (7123154)
  • 981913 Nodejs (npm) Security Update for datatables.net (GHSA-m7j4-fhg6-xf5v)
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