CVE-2023-46308 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In Plotly plotly.js before 2.25.2, plot API calls have a risk of __proto__ being polluted in expandObjectPaths or nestedProperty.

Published: 2024-01-03

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:plotly:plotly.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-0449	In Plotly plotly.js before 2.25.2, plot API calls have a risk of __proto__ being polluted in expandObjectPaths or nestedProperty.
Github GHSA	GHSA-wjc4-73q6-gv3m	plotly.js prototype pollution vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00154.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/plotly/plotly.R/issues/2463
https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/releases/tag/v2.25.2
https://plotly.com/javascript/

History

Wed, 24 Dec 2025 06:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://github.com/plotly/plotly.R/issues/2463

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Plotly Plotly.js

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-01-03T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-12-24T05:48:34.330Z

Reserved: 2023-10-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-46308

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T20:45:40.715Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-03T05:15:11.360

Modified: 2025-12-24T06:15:43.530

Link: CVE-2023-46308

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-1321

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