CVE-2020-28494

Command Injection

Published: Feb 2, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-78

8.6HIGH

Description

This affects the package total.js before 3.4.7. The issue occurs in the image.pipe and image.stream functions. The type parameter is used to build the command that is then executed using child_process.spawn. The issue occurs because child_process.spawn is called with the option shell set to true and because the type parameter is not properly sanitized.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:LIntegrity

Low

A:LAvailability

Low

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Weaknesses

CWE-78

Affected Products

totaljs

oss-project

total.jsOn-prem

Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core

npm

package-ecosystem

total.js

OSS Libraries

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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References

https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-TOTALJS-1046672

snyk.io

https://github.com/totaljs/framework/commit/6192491ab2631e7c1d317c221f18ea613e2c18a5

github.com

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28494

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