Command Injection Affecting window-control package, versions <1.4.5


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity Proof of concept
    EPSS 0.04% (10th percentile)
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NVD
7.8 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-WINDOWCONTROL-3186345
  • published 4 Jan 2023
  • disclosed 2 Jan 2023
  • credit JHU System Security Lab

How to fix?

Upgrade window-control to version 1.4.5 or higher.

Overview

window-control is a package aimed to do similar tasks as robot.js (without mouse control) but without the compiling of external C++ code.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Command Injection via the sendKeys function, due to improper input sanitization.

PoC

var root =require("window-control")
root.sendKeys("& touch JHU","")