CVE-2021-23438

MEDIUM

Mpath < 0.8.4 - Type Confusion

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

This affects the package mpath before 0.8.4. A type confusion vulnerability can lead to a bypass of CVE-2018-16490. In particular, the condition ignoreProperties.indexOf(parts[i]) !== -1 returns -1 if parts[i] is ['__proto__']. This is because the method that has been called if the input is an array is Array.prototype.indexOf() and not String.prototype.indexOf(). They behave differently depending on the type of the input.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MPATH-1577289
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1579548

Scores

CVSS v3 5.6
EPSS 0.0052
EPSS Percentile 66.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Details

CWE
CWE-843
Status published
Products (2)
mpath_project/mpath < 0.8.4
npm/mpath 0 - 0.8.4npm
Published Sep 01, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026