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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.4.23CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xml2js_project:xml2js:0.4.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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