CVE-2020-28502

Published: 5 March 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.

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.1

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
node-xmlhttprequest Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Not vulnerable (1.8.0-3)
	groovy	Not vulnerable
	hirsute	Not vulnerable
	impish	Not vulnerable
	jammy	Not vulnerable
	kinetic	Not vulnerable
	lunar	Not vulnerable
	mantic	Not vulnerable
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (1.8.0-1)
	xenial	Needs triage
node-xmlhttprequest-ssl Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Needs triage
	groovy	Ignored (end of life)
	hirsute	Ignored (end of life)
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	kinetic	Does not exist
	lunar	Does not exist
	mantic	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.1
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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