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CVE-2022-2421

Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
10.0
EPSS
0.01173
Risk score
40.41
CISA KEV
No
PoC
No
Published
2022-10-25
Modified
2025-03-11
First seen
2026-08-07
Aliases
EUVD-2022-7153, GHSA-QM95-PGCG-QQFQ
Products
socketio:Socket.io-Parser 4.x <4.2.1
Sources
euvd EUVD-2022-7153

Description

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.

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