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CVE-2024-38526
Polyfill Supply Chain Attack Malicious Code Execution
highseverity
7.2CVSS score
3.8%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days
90%of all CVEs are less likely
Readycheck to confirm it
pdoc provides API Documentation for Python Projects. Documentation generated with `pdoc --math` linked to JavaScript files from polyfill.io
Impact
The polyfill.io CDN has been sold and now serves malicious code.
Fix
This issue has been fixed in pdoc 14.5.1.
How to confirm it
Positive when: contains in urls "polyfill.io" or "bootcdn.net" or "bootcss.com" or "staticfile.net"Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2024-38526 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.
The full check
id: CVE-2024-38526
info:
name: Polyfill Supply Chain Attack Malicious Code Execution
author: abut0n
severity: high
description: |
pdoc provides API Documentation for Python Projects. Documentation generated with `pdoc --math` linked to JavaScript files from polyfill.io
impact: |
The polyfill.io CDN has been sold and now serves malicious code.
remediation: |
This issue has been fixed in pdoc 14.5.1.
reference:
- https://sansec.io/research/polyfill-supply-chain-attack
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38526
- https://x.com/triblondon/status/1761852117579427975
- https://github.com/mitmproxy/pdoc/pull/703
- https://github.com/mitmproxy/pdoc/security/advisories/GHSA-5vgj-ggm4-fg62
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L
cvss-score: 7.2
cve-id: CVE-2024-38526
epss-score: 0.03832
epss-percentile: 0.90186
tags: cve,cve2024,supply-chain,polyfill,vkev,vuln
headless:
- steps:
- args:
url: "{{BaseURL}}"
action: navigate
- action: waitload
- action: script
name: extract
args:
code: |
() => {
return '\n' + [...new Set(Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('[src], [href], [url], [action]')).map(i => i.src || i.href || i.url || i.action))].join('\r\n') + '\n'
}
extractors:
- type: kval
part: extract
name: urls
internal: true
kval:
- extract
matchers:
- type: word
words:
- "polyfill.io"
- "bootcdn.net"
- "bootcss.com"
- "staticfile.net"
- "staticfile.org"
- "unionadjs.com"
- "xhsbpza.com"
- "union.macoms.la"
- "newcrbpc.com"
part: urlsReferences
- https://sansec.io/research/polyfill-supply-chain-attack
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38526
- https://x.com/triblondon/status/1761852117579427975
- https://github.com/mitmproxy/pdoc/pull/703
- https://github.com/mitmproxy/pdoc/security/advisories/GHSA-5vgj-ggm4-fg62
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