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Improper Input Validation in Google Closure Library

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 7, 2021 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 29, 2023

Package

npm google-closure-library (npm)

Affected versions

<= 20200224.0.0

Patched versions

20200315.0.0

Description

A URL parsing issue in goog.uri of the Google Closure Library versions up to and including v20200224 allows an attacker to send malicious URLs to be parsed by the library and return the wrong authority. Mitigation -- update your library to version v20200315.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Mar 26, 2020
Reviewed May 6, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 7, 2021
Last updated Jan 29, 2023

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS score

0.085%
(37th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2020-8910

GHSA ID

GHSA-vh5w-fg69-rc8m

Source code

No known source code
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