CVE-2020-36048

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Engine.IO before 4.0.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a POST request to the long polling transport.

7.5 /10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0 /10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References
Link Resource
https://blog.caller.xyz/socketio-engineio-dos/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/bcaller/kill-engine-io Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/socketio/engine.io/commit/734f9d1268840722c41219e69eb58318e0b2ac6b Patch Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:socket:engine.io:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

12 Jan 2021, 03:55

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:a:socket:engine.io:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References (MISC) https://github.com/socketio/engine.io/commit/734f9d1268840722c41219e69eb58318e0b2ac6b - (MISC) https://github.com/socketio/engine.io/commit/734f9d1268840722c41219e69eb58318e0b2ac6b - Patch, Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://blog.caller.xyz/socketio-engineio-dos/ - (MISC) https://blog.caller.xyz/socketio-engineio-dos/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://github.com/bcaller/kill-engine-io - (MISC) https://github.com/bcaller/kill-engine-io - Third Party Advisory
CWE CWE-400
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown 		v2 : 5.0
v3 : 7.5

08 Jan 2021, 00:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE
Information

Published : 2021-01-08 00:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:41

NVD link : CVE-2020-36048

Mitre link : CVE-2020-36048

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-36048

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Products Affected

socket

  • engine.io
CWE
CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption