CVE-2021-4229

ua-parser-js Crypto Mining backdoor

State: Published
Severity: 5.0 Medium
Published: May 24, 2022
Updated: Apr 15, 2025
Reserved: May 24, 2022

Description

A vulnerability was found in ua-parser-js 0.7.29/0.8.0/1.0.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the crypto mining component which introduces a backdoor. Upgrading to version 0.7.30, 0.8.1 and 1.0.1 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	5.0 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L	VulDB

Weaknesses

CWE-912 Backdoor

Affected Products

Product	Versions
ua-parser-jsunspecified	0.7.29Affected 0.8.0Affected 1.0.0Affected

References

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pjwm-rvh2-c87w
https://github.com/faisalman/ua-parser-js/issues/536
https://vuldb.com/?id.185453

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