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CVE-2020-36618 Details

Description

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Furqan node-whois. Affected is an unknown function of the file index.coffee. The manipulation leads to improperly controlled modification of object prototype attributes ('prototype pollution'). It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The name of the patch is 46ccc2aee8d063c7b6b4dee2c2834113b7286076. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216252.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.3 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://github.com/FurqanSoftware/node-whois/commit/46ccc2aee8d063c7b6b4dee2c2834113b7286076	CVE	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/FurqanSoftware/node-whois/pull/105	CVE	ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/?id.216252	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/FurqanSoftware/node-whois/commit/46ccc2aee8d063c7b6b4dee2c2834113b7286076	[email protected]	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/FurqanSoftware/node-whois/pull/105	[email protected]	ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/?id.216252	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-1321	Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')	[email protected]
CWE-74	Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
furqansofware node whois	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:a:furqansofware:node_whois:-:::::node.js:: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 29, 2022	Initial Analysis	[email protected]