{"id":"CVE-2024-29042","aliases":["EUVD-2024-0870","GHSA-882j-4vj5-7vmj"],"status":"published","title":"Translate Cache Poisoning Vulnerability","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.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.0065,"percentile":0.51475,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-20"],"published":"2024-03-22T16:46:21Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:05Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"npm","package":"translate","fixed_in":["3.0.0"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"npm","package":"translate","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.0.0"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"npm","package":"translate","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.0.0"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"francisco","product":"translate"},{"vendor":"franciscop","product":"translate"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/franciscop/translate/security/advisories/GHSA-882j-4vj5-7vmj","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Exploit","Vendor Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/franciscop/translate/commit/7a2bf8b9f05f7c45c09683973ef4d8e995804aa4","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","fix","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/franciscop/translate/commit/cc1ba03078102f83e0503a96f1a081489bb865d3","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","fix","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29042","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-882j-4vj5-7vmj"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/29xxx/CVE-2024-29042.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/franciscop/translate","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2024-29042","title":"Translate Cache Poisoning Vulnerability","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.","status":"published","published":"2024-03-22T16:46:21.456Z","modified":"2024-08-02T01:03:51.704Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-20"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:14.985673Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2024-0870","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.","status":"published","published":"2024-03-22T16:46:21Z","modified":"2024-08-02T01:03:51Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T03:50:26.166982Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-882j-4vj5-7vmj","title":"Cache Poisoning Vulnerability","description":"### Summary\nAn 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.\n\n### Details\nThe `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.\n\n### PoC\nTake the following simple server allowing users to supply text and the language to translate to.\n```javascript\nimport translate from \"translate\";\nimport express from 'express';\n\nconst app = express();\napp.use(express.json());\n\napp.post('/translate', async (req, res) =\u003e {\n  const { text, language } = req.body;\n  const result = await translate(text, language);\n  return res.json(result);\n});\n\nconst port = 3000;\napp.listen(port, () =\u003e {\n  console.log(`Server is running on port ${port}`);\n});\n```\n\nWe can send the following request to poison the cache:\n```\n{\"text\":\"I hate you\", \"language\":{\"to\":\"nl\",\"id\":\"undefined:en:nl:google:I love you\"}}\n```\n![Poisoning the cache](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/44903767/285421743-ccfa3d9d-24cf-47b7-b805-0e4034cec82e.png)\n\nNow, any user that attempts to translate \"I love you\" to Dutch, will get \"I hate you\" in Dutch as the response.\n![The victim gets our poisoned data](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/44903767/285422033-b3853ca2-8a5a-4875-91e8-ba2ef0258bc6.png)\n\n\n### Impact\nAn attacker can control the results other users may get\n","status":"published","published":"2024-03-22T16:57:21Z","modified":"2024-03-22T20:02:16Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-20"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:37:41.821668Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2024-29042","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.","status":"published","published":"2024-03-22T17:15:07.99Z","modified":"2026-06-17T07:22:18.63Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-20"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:09:43.052376Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2024-29042","title":"Translate Cache Poisoning Vulnerability","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.","status":"published","published":"2024-03-22T16:46:21.456Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:05.085691951Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-20"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:40.06138Z"},{"id":"GHSA-882j-4vj5-7vmj","title":"Cache Poisoning Vulnerability","description":"### Summary\nAn 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.\n\n### Details\nThe `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.\n\n### PoC\nTake the following simple server allowing users to supply text and the language to translate to.\n```javascript\nimport translate from \"translate\";\nimport express from 'express';\n\nconst app = express();\napp.use(express.json());\n\napp.post('/translate', async (req, res) =\u003e {\n  const { text, language } = req.body;\n  const result = await translate(text, language);\n  return res.json(result);\n});\n\nconst port = 3000;\napp.listen(port, () =\u003e {\n  console.log(`Server is running on port ${port}`);\n});\n```\n\nWe can send the following request to poison the cache:\n```\n{\"text\":\"I hate you\", \"language\":{\"to\":\"nl\",\"id\":\"undefined:en:nl:google:I love you\"}}\n```\n![Poisoning the cache](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/44903767/285421743-ccfa3d9d-24cf-47b7-b805-0e4034cec82e.png)\n\nNow, any user that attempts to translate \"I love you\" to Dutch, will get \"I hate you\" in Dutch as the response.\n![The victim gets our poisoned data](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/44903767/285422033-b3853ca2-8a5a-4875-91e8-ba2ef0258bc6.png)\n\n\n### Impact\nAn attacker can control the results other users may get\n","status":"published","published":"2024-03-22T16:57:21Z","modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:00.241167508Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-20"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:42.077781Z"}]}}