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CVE-2021-3815

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-3815 is a critical prototype pollution vulnerability affecting the utils.js library. This flaw allows an attacker to improperly modify object prototype attributes, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution or denial of service. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or publicly available exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.17.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:utils.js_project:utils.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.0HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.5
Impact Score
5.5
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
54.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0084 is in the 38th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 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 (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: @fabiocaccamo/utils.jsFixed in: 0.17.2

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-3xph-cp8f-2229high

Prototype Pollution in @fabiocaccamo/utils.js

Dec 10, 2021

References

github.com / fabiocaccamo/utils.js/commit/102efafb291ce1916985514440d3bf8a6826890a
PatchThird Party Advisory
huntr.dev / bounties/20f48c63-f078-4173-bcac-a9f34885f2c0
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory