CVE-2021-23433

The package algoliasearch-helper before 3.6.2 are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution due to use of the merge function in src/SearchParameters/index.jsSearchParameters._parseNumbers without any protection against prototype properties. Note that this vulnerability is only exploitable if the implementation allows users to define arbitrary search patterns.

Published: Nov 19, 2021
Updated: May 9, 2024
CVE: CVE-2021-23433
GHSA: GHSA-vpf5-82c8-9v36
Severity: Critical
Exploit:

CVSS v3:

Severity: Critical
Score: 9.8
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

Severity: Medium
Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

CWE-1321
CWE-915

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
algolia / algoliasearch-helper	-	3.6.2
algoliasearch-helper	-	3.6.2

https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-helper-js/blob/3.5.5/src/SearchParameters/index.js%23L291
https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-helper-js/commit/4ff542b70b92a6b81cce8b9255700b0bc0817edd
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-ALGOLIASEARCHHELPER-1570421

Vulnerability Database

CVE-2021-23433

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