CVE-2020-28458: Prototype Pollution

Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2020-12-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-1321

Description

All versions of package datatables.net are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution due to an incomplete fix for https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-DATATABLESNET-598806.

Affected products

datatables.net: before 1.10.23 — fixed in 1.10.23

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: datatables.net 1.10.23. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/DataTables/DataTablesSrc/commit/a51cbe99fd3d02aa5582f97d4af1615d11a1ea03
https://github.com/DataTables/Dist-DataTables/blob/master/js/jquery.dataTables.js%23L2766
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0006/
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWER-1051961
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1051962
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-DATATABLESNET-1016402
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-DATATABLESNET-598806
https://github.com/DataTables/DataTablesSrc/commit/a51cbe99fd3d02aa5582f97d4af1615d11a1ea03
https://github.com/DataTables/Dist-DataTables/blob/master/js/jquery.dataTables.js%23L2766
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0006/
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWER-1051961
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1051962

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