Arbitrary Command Injection Affecting node-wifi package, versions <2.0.12


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-NODEWIFI-455846
  • published30 Jul 2019
  • disclosed10 Jun 2019
  • creditMickael Thomas

Introduced: 10 Jun 2019

CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade node-wifi to version 2.0.12 or higher.

Overview

node-wifi is a package that allows mac, windows and linux users to interact with surrounding wifi networks through various methods.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Command Injection. The package fails to sanitize user input, allowing attackers to inject commands through the ssid variable.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1