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CVE-2020-28502

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Date: March 5, 2021

This affects the package xmlhttprequest before 1.7.0; all versions of package xmlhttprequest-ssl. Provided requests are sent synchronously (async=False on xhr.open), malicious user input flowing into xhr.send could result in arbitrary code being injected and run.

Language: JS

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Related Resources (8)

https://github.com/driverdan/node-XMLHttpRequest/blob/1.6.0/lib/XMLHttpRequest.js%23L480
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28502
https://github.com/mjwwit/node-XMLHttpRequest/blob/ae38832a0f1347c5e96dda665402509a3458e302/lib/XMLHttpRequest.js#L531
https://github.com/driverdan/node-XMLHttpRequest/blob/1.6.0/lib/XMLHttpRequest.js#L480
https://github.com/mjwwit/node-XMLHttpRequest/commit/ee1e81fc67729c7c0eba5537ed7fe1e30a6b3291
https://github.com/driverdan/node-XMLHttpRequest/commit/983cfc244c7567ad6a59e366e55a8037e0497fe6
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-28502
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2020-28502

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

CWE-94

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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