CVE-2022-37601

loader-utils (JS package) < 2.0.3 - Prototype Pollution

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

Prototype pollution vulnerability in function parseQuery in parseQuery.js in webpack loader-utils via the name variable in parseQuery.js. This affects all versions prior to 1.4.1 and 2.0.3.

Una vulnerabilidad de contaminación de prototipos en la función parseQuery en el archivo parseQuery.js en webpack loader-utils 2.0.0 por medio de la variable name en parseQuery.js

A prototype pollution vulnerability was found in the parseQuery function in parseQuery.js in the webpack loader-utils via the name variable in parseQuery.js. This flaw can lead to a denial of service or remote code execution.

The package loader-utils before 1.4.1, from 2.0.0 and before 2.0.3 is vulnerable to prototype pollution via the function parseQuery which could make injecting malicious web scripts possible in some cases.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

Poc

Automatable

Yes

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-08-08 CVE Reserved
2022-10-12 CVE Published
2024-06-02 EPSS Updated
2024-10-28 CVE Updated
2024-10-28 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-915: Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes
CWE-1321: Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')

CAPEC

References (11)

URL	Tag	Source
http://users.encs.concordia.ca/~mmannan/publications/JS-vulnerability-aisaccs2022.pdf	Technical Description
https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3488932.3497769	Technical Description
https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3488932.3497769	Technical Description
https://github.com/webpack/loader-utils/blob/d9f4e23cf411d8556f8bac2d3bf05a6e0103b568/lib/parseQuery.js#L11	Product
https://github.com/webpack/loader-utils/blob/d9f4e23cf411d8556f8bac2d3bf05a6e0103b568/lib/parseQuery.js#L47	Product
https://github.com/webpack/loader-utils/issues/212	Issue Tracking
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00044.html	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/webpack/loader-utils/issues/212#issuecomment-1319192884	2024-10-28
https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/issues/436#issuecomment-1319412826	2024-10-28

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-37601	2023-02-28
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2134876	2023-02-28

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Webpack.js Search vendor "Webpack.js"		Loader-utils Search vendor "Webpack.js" for product "Loader-utils"				< 1.4.1 Search vendor "Webpack.js" for product "Loader-utils" and version " < 1.4.1"		-		Affected
Webpack.js Search vendor "Webpack.js"		Loader-utils Search vendor "Webpack.js" for product "Loader-utils"				>= 2.0.0 < 2.0.3 Search vendor "Webpack.js" for product "Loader-utils" and version " >= 2.0.0 < 2.0.3"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				10.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "10.0"		-		Affected