Exploitation Summary
CVE-2021-41097 has a Nuclei detection template available — see the Nuclei card below for the Shodan/FOFA recon queries.
Description
aurelia-path is part of the Aurelia platform and contains utilities for path manipulation. There is a prototype pollution vulnerability in aurelia-path before version 1.1.7. The vulnerability exposes Aurelia application that uses `aurelia-path` package to parse a string. The majority of this will be Aurelia applications that employ the `aurelia-router` package. An example is this could allow an attacker to change the prototype of base object class `Object` by tricking an application to parse the following URL: `https://aurelia.io/blog/?__proto__[asdf]=asdf`. The problem is patched in version `1.1.7`.
Nuclei Templates (1)
Aurelia-Path < 1.1.7 - Prototype Pollution
HIGHVERIFIEDby 0x_Akoko
Shodan:
http.component:"aurelia"
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Mitigation, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/aurelia/path/security/advisories/GHSA-3c9c-2p65-qvwv
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/aurelia/path/issues/44
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/aurelia/path/commit/7c4e235433a4a2df9acc313fbe891758084fdec1
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/aurelia/path/releases/tag/1.1.7
Product, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.npmjs.com/package/aurelia-path
Scores
CVSS v3
9.1
EPSS
0.0492
EPSS Percentile
91.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-1321
Status
published
Products (2)
bluespire/aurelia-path
< 1.1.7
npm/aurelia-path
0 - 1.1.7npm
Published
Sep 27, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026