CVE-2025-57354

Published Sep 24, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A vulnerability exists in the 'counterpart' library for Node.js and the browser due to insufficient sanitization of user-controlled input in translation key processing. The affected versions prior to 0.18.6 allow attackers to manipulate the library's translation functionality by supplying maliciously crafted keys containing prototype chain elements (e.g., __proto__ ), leading to prototype pollution. This weakness enables adversaries to inject arbitrary properties into the JavaScript Object prototype through the first parameter of the translate method when combined with specific separator configurations, potentially resulting in denial-of-service conditions or remote code execution in vulnerable applications. The issue arises from the library's failure to properly validate or neutralize special characters in translation key inputs before processing.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-31046 counterpart vulnerable to prototype pollution
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-2488-w585-72ch counterpart vulnerable to prototype pollution
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-1321
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A vulnerability exists in the 'counterpart' library for Node.js and the browser due to insufficient sanitization of user-controlled input in translation key processing. The affected versions prior to 0.18.6 allow attackers to manipulate the library's translation functionality by supplying maliciously crafted keys containing prototype chain elements (e.g., __proto__ ), leading to prototype pollution. This weakness enables adversaries to inject arbitrary properties into the JavaScript Object prototype through the first parameter of the translate method when combined with specific separator configurations, potentially resulting in denial-of-service conditions or remote code execution in vulnerable applications. The issue arises from the library's failure to properly validate or neutralize special characters in translation key inputs before processing.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Sep 25, 2025, 6:27 PM
Reserved
Aug 17, 2025, 12:00 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
Sep 24, 2025, 6:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 9:43 AM