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Untrusted data passed into the deserialize() function can be exploited to achieve arbitrary code execution by passing a JavaScript Object with an Immediately Invoked Function Expression (IIFE).","status":"published","published":"2017-02-10T07:59:00.31Z","modified":"2026-06-17T01:21:30.283Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-502"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:03:42.372487Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2017-5954","description":"An issue was discovered in the serialize-to-js package 0.5.0 for Node.js. Untrusted data passed into the deserialize() function can be exploited to achieve arbitrary code execution by passing a JavaScript Object with an Immediately Invoked Function Expression (IIFE).","status":"published","published":"2017-02-10T07:59:00.31Z","modified":"2026-10-20T10:49:02.528094661Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:06.029968Z"},{"id":"GHSA-mm62-wxc8-cf7m","title":"Code Execution Through IIFE in serialize-to-js","description":"Affected versions of `serialize-to-js` may be vulnerable to arbitrary code execution through an Immediately Invoked Function Expression (IIFE). \n\n## Proof of Concept\n```js\nvar payload = \"{e: (function(){ eval('console.log(`exploited`)') })() }\"\nvar serialize = require('serialize-to-js');\nserialize.deserialize(payload);\n```\n\n\n## Recommendation\n\nUpdate to version 1.0.0, or later, and review [this disclaimer](https://www.npmjs.com/package/serialize-to-js#deserialize) from the author.","status":"published","published":"2018-07-18T18:27:41Z","modified":"2023-11-08T03:59:23.648712Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"cwes":["CWE-502"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:52.170928Z"}]}}