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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.3

CVE-2026-16151 json

CartoDB carto-api-client filters.ts addFilter prototype pollution

published 2026-07-18 3 mo ago modified 2026-10-24 15 d ago also EUVD-2026-45397

cvss
6.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 39%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability has been found in CartoDB carto-api-client 0.5.29. This impacts the function addFilter of the file src/filters.ts. Such manipulation of the argument column leads to improperly controlled modification of object prototype attributes. The attack can be executed remotely. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
3 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/CartoDB/carto-api-client/issues/299 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 5.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X
CNA 3.1 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:X/RC:R
CNA 3.0 6.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:X/RC:R
CNA 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:ND/RL:ND/RC:UR
CNA 4.0 5.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CNA 3.1 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CNA 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • CartoDB carto-api-client

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-1321 Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

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