CVE-2020-5259: Prototype Pollution in Dojox

Published Mar 10, 2020
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Updated

In affected versions of dojox (NPM package), the jqMix method is vulnerable to Prototype Pollution. Prototype Pollution refers to the ability to inject properties into existing JavaScript language construct prototypes, such as objects. An attacker manipulates these attributes to overwrite, or pollute, a JavaScript application object prototype of the base object by injecting other values. This has been patched in versions 1.11.10, 1.12.8, 1.13.7, 1.14.6, 1.15.3 and 1.16.2

Affected Software

7 affected components
linuxfoundation Dojox Node.js<1.11.10
linuxfoundation Dojox Node.js>=1.12.0<1.12.8
linuxfoundation Dojox Node.js>=1.13.0<1.13.7
linuxfoundation Dojox Node.js>=1.14.0<1.14.6
linuxfoundation Dojox Node.js>=1.15.0<1.15.3
linuxfoundation Dojox Node.js>=1.16.0<1.16.2
IBM InfoSphere Data Architect<=9.2.1

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade dojox (NPM package) to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.11.10
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade dojox (NPM package) to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.12.8
  3. Upgrade

    Upgrade dojox (NPM package) to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.13.7
  4. Upgrade

    Upgrade dojox (NPM package) to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.14.6
  5. Upgrade

    Upgrade dojox (NPM package) to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.15.3
  6. Upgrade

    Upgrade dojox (NPM package) to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.16.2

Event History

Mar 10, 2020
CVE Published
via MITRE·05:50 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·05:50 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·06:15 PM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software
Mar 4, 2026
Data Sourced
via IBM·12:00 AM
DescriptionAffected Software

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