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Prototype Pollution in handlebars

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jun 5, 2019 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Nov 29, 2023

Package

npm handlebars (npm)

Affected versions

>= 4.1.0, < 4.1.2
>= 4.0.0, < 4.0.14
< 3.0.7

Patched versions

4.1.2
4.0.14
3.0.7

Description

Versions of handlebars prior to 4.0.14 are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution. Templates may alter an Objects' prototype, thus allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the server.

Recommendation

For handlebars 4.1.x upgrade to 4.1.2 or later.
For handlebars 4.0.x upgrade to 4.0.14 or later.

References

Reviewed Jun 5, 2019
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jun 5, 2019
Last updated Nov 29, 2023

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Weaknesses

CVE ID

No known CVE

GHSA ID

GHSA-q42p-pg8m-cqh6

Source code

No known source code
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