CVE-2020-36618 - CVE House
Back to Database
Status published Medium CVE-2020-36618

Furqan node-whois index.coffee prototype pollution

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

THREAT MONITOR

Am I Vulnerable?

Launch our assessment wizard to check if your infrastructure is exposed to • CVE-2020-36618

Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

node-whois
Vulnerable Versions:
Unknown

Timeline

Official Publish: December 19th, 2022
Last Modified: April 15th, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-74

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter
Execution
T1562 Impair Defenses
Defense Evasion
T1213 Data from Information Repositories
Collection