CVE-2018-16490 (GCVE-0-2018-16490)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-02-01 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 10:24
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
A prototype pollution vulnerability was found in module mpath <0.5.1 that allows an attacker to inject arbitrary properties onto Object.prototype.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CWE
- CWE-400 - Denial of Service (CWE-400)
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://hackerone.com/reports/390860 | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
Date Public
2019-02-01 00:00
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