CVE-2023-0842

mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.014 · 72 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.40% (72nd) EPSS

CVSS 5.3 · medium

Is it mine?

8 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

xml2js version 0.4.23 allows an external attacker to edit or add new properties to an object. This is possible because the application does not properly validate incoming JSON keys, thus allowing the __proto__ property to be edited.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4

v3.15.3mediumAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondaryexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · OSV

v3.14.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-1321USprimaryCWE-1321USCWE-1321US

affected products (8)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Dell Data Protection Advisor <19.12 SP2all versionscert_bundDE
Dell Data Protection Advisor< 19.12 SP2cert_bundDE
n/a xml2js≤ 0.4.23enisa_euvdEU
Wazuh, Inc Wazuh≤ 4.4.5fstec_bduRU
ООО «Юбитех» UBLinux≤ 2204fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения xml2js≤ 0.5.0fstec_bduRU
xml2js project xml2js= 0.4.23nvdUScpe:2.3:a:xml2js_project:xml2js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
npm xml2js< 0.5.0osvUSpkg:npm/xml2js

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2026-0180Dell Data Protection Advisor: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-01-20csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Dell Data Protection Advisor ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu erzeugen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen und nicht näher spezifizierte Angriffe zu starten.
GHSA-776f-qx25-q3ccxml2js is vulnerable to prototype pollution2023-04-05ghsa · osvUS
xml2js versions before 0.5.0 allows an external attacker to edit or add new properties to an object. This is possible because the application does not properly validate incoming JSON keys, thus allowing the `__proto__` property to be edited.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-04-05modified 2026-06-17

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references (13)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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