CVE-2018-3750 describes a critical prototype pollution vulnerability in the deep-extend Node.js module, affecting all versions up to and including 0.5.0. An attacker can manipulate the utilities function to modify the Object prototype, allowing them to add or alter properties on all objects within an application. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:deep_extend_project:deep_extend:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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