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CVE-2020-36048 - High Severity Vulnerability
The realtime engine behind Socket.IO. Provides the foundation of a bidirectional connection between client and server
Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/engine.io/-/engine.io-1.8.5.tgz
Path to dependency file: /assets/wmt/reveal/package.json
Path to vulnerable library: /assets/wmt/reveal/node_modules/engine.io/package.json
Dependency Hierarchy: - socket.io-1.7.4.tgz (Root Library) - :x: **engine.io-1.8.5.tgz** (Vulnerable Library)
Found in base branch: master
Engine.IO before 4.0.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a POST request to the long polling transport.
Publish Date: 2021-01-08
URL: CVE-2020-36048
Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: Low - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: None - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: None - Integrity Impact: None - Availability Impact: High
For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.Type: Upgrade version
Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-36048
Release Date: 2021-01-08
Fix Resolution (engine.io): 3.6.0
Direct dependency fix Resolution (socket.io): 2.5.0
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