CVE-2022-2421 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Due to improper type validation in attachment parsing the Socket.io js library, it is possible to overwrite the _placeholder object which allows an attacker to place references to functions at arbitrary places in the resulting query object.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01323.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Socket	Socket.io-parser

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:socket:socket.io-parser::::::node.js::*
	cpe:2.3:a:socket:socket.io-parser::::::node.js::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-7153	Due to improper type validation in attachment parsing the Socket.io js library, it is possible to overwrite the _placeholder object which allows an attacker to place references to functions at arbitrary places in the resulting query object.
Github GHSA	GHSA-qm95-pgcg-qqfq	Insufficient validation when decoding a Socket.IO packet

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://csirt.divd.nl/CVE-2022-2421
https://csirt.divd.nl/DIVD-2022-00045

History

Wed, 20 Nov 2024 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: DIVD

Published: 2022-10-25T00:00:00

Updated: 2025-03-11T13:40:55.218Z

Reserved: 2022-07-15T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2022-2421

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T00:39:07.623Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-26T10:15:16.780

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:00:57.370

Link: CVE-2022-2421

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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