Prototype Pollution in Ini Project
CVE-2020-7788
This affects the package ini before 1.3.6. If an attacker submits a malicious INI file to an application that parses it with ini.parse, they will pollute the prototype on the application. This can be exploited further depending on the context.
Vulnerability class: Prototype Pollution
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.037 (89.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 89.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.036 · newest: 0.037 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Ini Project
- Debian Linux — versions 9.0
- Ini — versions unspecified
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-INI-1048974 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/npm/ini/commit/56d2805e07ccd94e2ba0984ac9240ff02d44b6f1 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00032.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-7788?
- CVE-2020-7788 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ini Project, classified under Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes (Prototype Pollution). CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2020-12-11.
- How severe is CVE-2020-7788?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-7788 known to be exploited?
- 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.