Privilege Escalation Affecting microsoft.aspnetcore.mvc.formatters.json package, versions [,1.0.1)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DOTNET-MICROSOFTASPNETCOREMVCFORMATTERSJSON-60028
- published 13 Sep 2016
- disclosed 13 Sep 2016
- credit Unknown
How to fix?
Upgrade Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json to version 1.0.1 or higher.
Overview
Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json contains formatters for JSON input and output and for JSON PATCH input using Json.NET.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Privilege Escalation. View Components could receive incorrect information, including the details of the current authenticated user. If a View Component depends on the vulnerable code and makes decisions based on the current user, then the it could make incorrect decisions that result in elevation of privilege.