Object prototype pollution via recursive merge
Published Aug 24, 2021 · Updated Sep 16, 2024
Prototype pollution in MooTools Core 1.5.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to alter inherited object properties via crafted input. Object.merge recursively follows a crafted proto property into Object.prototype and copies attacker-controlled properties onto it. Exploitation requires a consuming application to pass attacker-controlled objects to Object.merge, and downstream impact depends on its use of polluted properties.
Summary
What happened
Prototype pollution in MooTools Core 1.5.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to alter inherited object properties via crafted input. Object.merge recursively follows a crafted proto property into Object.prototype and copies attacker-controlled properties onto it. Exploitation requires a consuming application to pass attacker-controlled objects to Object.merge, and downstream impact depends on its use of polluted properties.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-23432
- Published
- Aug 24, 2021
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2024
- Vendor
- MooTools
- Product
- MooTools Core
- Classifications
- CWE-1321
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 24, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 16, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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Public exploit references
- Snyk Object.merge prototype-pollution proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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