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CVE-2020-28281

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-28281 is a critical prototype pollution vulnerability affecting 'set-object-value' versions 0.0.0 through 0.0.5. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely trigger a denial of service and potentially achieve remote code execution. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it represents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector and low complexity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 0.0.0, <= 0.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:set-object-value_project:set-object-value:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0359 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: set-object-valueFixed in: 0.0.6

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-4jj4-m52p-8rx3critical

Prototype pollution in set-object-value

Apr 13, 2021

References

github.com / react-atomic/react-atomic-organism/blob/e5645a2f9e632ffdebc83d720498831e09754c22/packages/lib/set-object-value/src/index.js
ExploitThird Party Advisory
whitesourcesoftware.com / vulnerability-database/CVE-2020-28281
Broken LinkThird Party Advisory