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CWE-1321: Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')

Weakness Summary

The product receives input from an upstream component that specifies attributes that are to be initialized or updated in an object, but it does not properly control modifications of attributes of the object prototype.

  • Canonical source: MITRE CWE-1321 (opens in a new tab)
  • Published Atomicorp CVE observations: 1
  • Distinct affected products in those observations: 1
  • Active Atomicorp rules associated with this weakness: 7

Atomicorp Research Context

Atomicorp has published CVE-specific research observations associated with this weakness category. Each linked CVE page states whether the tested request was detected or blocked and is the authoritative customer-facing finding.

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Selected Published CVE Observations

CVEVulnerabilityProductAtomicorp findingObserved rules
CVE-2021-20086Odoo Apps - Cross-Site Scripting via Prototype Pollutionjquery-bbqAttack Blocked by Atomicorp333141 , 340099 , 340147 , 341099 , 341256 , 346755 , 347198

Associated Atomicorp WAF Rules

RuleStatusBehavior
333141Activedisruptive (deny)
340099Activedisruptive (deny)
340147Activedisruptive (deny)
341099Activedisruptive (deny)
341256Activedisruptive (deny)
346755Activedisruptive (deny)
347198Activedisruptive (deny)

MITRE associates this CWE with the following attack-pattern entries. These taxonomy relationships are context, not Atomicorp coverage claims:

CAPEC-1 (opens in a new tab) , CAPEC-180 (opens in a new tab) , CAPEC-77 (opens in a new tab)