Command Injection Affecting get-npm-package-version package, versions <1.0.7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Proof of concept
    EPSS
    0.23% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-GETNPMPACKAGEVERSION-1050390
  • published 20 Jan 2021
  • disclosed 11 Dec 2020
  • credit JHU System Security Lab

How to fix?

Upgrade get-npm-package-version to version 1.0.7 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Command Injection via main function in index.js.

PoC

var a = require("get-npm-package-version");
a("& touch JHU");

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
7.3 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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NVD

9.8 critical