CVE-2022-25871 Prototype Pollution

Medium 5.9 Published Updated

Prototype pollution in querymen allows attackers to manipulate object prototypes, potentially leading to code execution or privilege escalation.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2022-25871?

CVE-2022-25871 is a medium-severity vulnerability in querymen, published on 17 Jun 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

All versions of package querymen are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution if the parameters of exported function handler(type, name, fn) can be controlled by users without any sanitization. Note: This vulnerability derives from an incomplete fix of [CVE-2020-7600](https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-QUERYMEN-559867).

Weakness: CWE-1321

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-25871?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including querymen. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
querymen npmAll versions to 2.1.4None
querymen npmAll versions to 2.1.4None

Products include Querymen Project Querymen.

How do I fix CVE-2022-25871?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-25871 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2022-25871 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-25871 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-p23c-p8w2-ww5v.

Is CVE-2022-25871 in your software?

Upload an SBOM and sbomify checks it against every vulnerability here, every day.

Check your SBOMs for free