Vulnerability CVE-2024-29042
Published: 2024-03-22

Description:
Translate is a package that allows users to convert text to different languages on Node.js and the browser. Prior to version 3.0.0, an attacker controlling the second variable of the `translate` function is able to perform a cache poisoning attack. They can change the outcome of translation requests made by subsequent users. The `opt.id` parameter allows the overwriting of the cache key. If an attacker sets the `id` variable to the cache key that would be generated by another user, they can choose the response that user gets served. Version 3.0.0 fixes this issue.

 References:
https://github.com/franciscop/translate/security/advisories/GHSA-882j-4vj5-7vmj
https://github.com/franciscop/translate/commit/7a2bf8b9f05f7c45c09683973ef4d8e995804aa4
https://github.com/franciscop/translate/commit/cc1ba03078102f83e0503a96f1a081489bb865d3
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