Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-57072

Published
05 February 2025
Modified
15 April 2026
CVSS Score v3.1 7.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0054 43th percentile
Risk Priority 58 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2024-57072 is a high-severity Prototype Pollution (CWE-1321) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 43th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

CVE-2024-57072 is a prototype pollution vulnerability in the lib.requireFromString function of the module-from-string package at version 3.3.1. This flaw allows attackers to supply a crafted payload that pollutes the JavaScript prototype chain, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-1321 (Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes) and carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H), indicating high severity primarily due to its impact on availability.

The vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network by unauthenticated attackers with no privileges or user interaction required. An attacker simply needs to provide a malicious payload to an application using the affected function, triggering prototype pollution that disrupts normal execution and causes the service to crash or become unresponsive, resulting in a DoS.

For mitigation details, refer to the advisory at https://gist.github.com/tariqhawis/8b1fe301dd1ea52952cef347daddee67.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

A prototype pollution in the lib.requireFromString function of module-from-string v3.3.1 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via supplying a crafted payload.

CWE(s)
CWE-1321

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter Execution
Adversaries may abuse command and script interpreters to execute commands, scripts, or binaries.
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T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
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T1565 Data Manipulation Impact
Adversaries may insert, delete, or manipulate data in order to influence external outcomes or hide activity, thus threatening the integrity of the data.
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V15.3.6

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require input validation and safe property assignment to prevent prototype pollution.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing in development catches prototype-pollution flaws before release.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure development lifecycle mandates input validation and object-handling controls that directly prevent prototype pollution.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

Application security requirements explicitly call for safeguards against unsafe object attribute manipulation.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
prevents

Secure architecture principles reduce the likelihood of prototype pollution through safe design patterns.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards directly prohibit unsafe prototype attribute assignment and require defensive checks.

A.8.32 Change management partial match
prevents

Change-management processes ensure security fixes for prototype-pollution issues are tracked and deployed.

References