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CVE-2023-0842

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-0842 is a prototype pollution vulnerability in xml2js version 0.4.23, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to modify or add properties to an object due to insufficient validation of incoming JSON keys, specifically the __proto__ property. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) has a low impact on integrity and requires no user interaction, making it easily exploitable over the network. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.4.23CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xml2js_project:xml2js:0.4.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0140 is in the 52nd percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (10)

npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: xml2jsFixed in: 0.5.0
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Quay 3Fixed in: quay/quay-rhel8
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4Fixed in: noobaa-core-container
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4Fixed in: odf4/mcg-core-rhel9
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Data Science (RHODS)Fixed in: rhods/odh-dashboard-rhel8
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Dev SpacesFixed in: devspaces-theia-rhel8-container
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift Service Mesh 2Fixed in: openshift-service-mesh/kiali-rhel8
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift Service Mesh 2.1Fixed in: openshift-service-mesh/kiali-rhel8
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Data Grid 8Fixed in: xml2js
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Dev SpacesFixed in: devspaces/code-rhel8

Vendor Advisories (2)

npmGHSA-776f-qx25-q3ccmedium

xml2js is vulnerable to prototype pollution

Apr 5, 2023
redhatCVE-2023-0842Moderate

node-xml2js: xml2js is vulnerable to prototype pollution

Apr 5, 2023

References

fluidattacks.com / advisories/myers
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / Leonidas-from-XIV/node-xml2js
Product
github.com / Leonidas-from-XIV/node-xml2js/releases/tag/0.6.2
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00013.html