CVE-2021-23433

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
The package algoliasearch-helper before 3.6.2 are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution due to use of the merge function in src/SearchParameters/index.jsSearchParameters._parseNumbers without any protection against prototype properties. Note that this vulnerability is only exploitable if the implementation allows users to define arbitrary search patterns.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-23433
  • Assigner
  • report@snyk.io
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-11-19T20:15:17
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-06-28T14:11:45
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-1321 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/1321.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:algolia:algoliasearch-helper:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* 1 OR 3.6.2
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-helper-js/commit/4ff542b70b92a6b81cce8b9255700b0bc0817edd Patch Third Party Advisory
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-ALGOLIASEARCHHELPER-1570421 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-helper-js/blob/3.5.5/src/SearchParameters/index.js%23L291 Broken Link
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23433
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-23433
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:45:15 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 14:56:41 2021-11-19T20:15Z 2021-11-19T20:15:17 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 14:56:41 2022-06-28T14:11:45 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 14:56:41 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated