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Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

CVE-2020-28425

High
9.8/10

Summary

The curljs npm package through all available versions is vulnerable to a command injection vulnerability that would allow a threat actor to inject malicious commands in the system if the library was called with untrusted input

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-77 - Command Injection

A command injection attack involves injecting an operating system command through the data input, which gets executed on the host operating system with the privileges of the victimized application. The impact of a command injection attack may range from loss of data confidentiality and integrity to unauthorized remote access to the hosting system. The attack may cause serious data breaches and system takeover.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published