Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting org.webjars.bower:mathjs package, versions (,3.17.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.22% (61st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWER-479964
  • published 28 Nov 2017
  • disclosed 18 Nov 2017
  • credit Masato Kinugawa

How to fix?

Upgrade mathjs to version 3.17.0 or higher.

Overview

mathjs is an extensive math library for JavaScript and Node.js

Affected versions of the package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. Forbidden properties like constructor could be replaced by using unicode characters when creating an object.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

9.8 critical
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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NVD

9.8 critical