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Command Injection in expressfs

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Sep 3, 2020 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 9, 2023

Package

npm expressfs (npm)

Affected versions

>= 0

Patched versions

None

Description

All versions of expressfs are vulnerable to Command Injection. The package does not validate user input on several API endpoints, allowing attackers to run arbitrary commands in the system. The affected endpoints are: expressfs.appendFile, expressfs.cp, expressfs.create and expressfs.rmdir.

Recommendation

No fix is currently available. Consider using an alternative module until a fix is made available.

References

Reviewed Aug 31, 2020
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Sep 3, 2020
Last updated Jan 9, 2023

Severity

High

EPSS score

Weaknesses

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

No known CVE

GHSA ID

GHSA-mxmj-84q8-34r7

Source code

No known source code
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