What is CVE-2024-21528?

CVE-2024-21528 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Node-gettext, classified under Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes (Prototype Pollution). CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2024-09-10.

How severe is CVE-2024-21528?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-21528 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Prototype Pollution in Node-gettext

CVE-2024-21528

All versions of the package node-gettext are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via the addTranslations() function in gettext.js due to improper user input sanitization.

Vulnerability class: Prototype Pollution

EPSS: 0.006 (42.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

N/a Node-gettext — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-21528?: CVE-2024-21528 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Node-gettext, classified under Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes (Prototype Pollution). CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2024-09-10.
How severe is CVE-2024-21528?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-21528 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.