CVE-2020-28453

Command Injection

Critical · published August 2, 2022

CVSS v3.1
9.4
EPSS
1%
Percentile
70.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

🚨 Watch out! An injection vulnerability lurks in all versions of the npos-tesseract package, ready to wreak havoc! 🔥 Think of it as a sneaky chef who can slip any ingredient into your dish without you knowing — this vulnerability allows attackers to inject malicious data into your application, stirring up trouble from the inside! If exploited, an attacker could execute arbitrary code on your system, effectively taking control of your application. This could lead to data breaches, unauthorized access, and complete system compromise — absolutely devastating!

Put simply

Think of it as a sneaky chef who can slip any ingredient into your dish without you knowing — this vulnerability allows attackers to inject malicious data into your application, stirring up trouble from the inside! This vulnerability occurs due to an insecure injection point in line 55 of lib/ocr.js, which allows for arbitrary code execution when improper input is processed.

What to do

If exploited, an attacker could execute arbitrary code on your system, effectively taking control of your application. This could lead to data breaches, unauthorized access, and complete system compromise — absolutely devastating! To protect your systems, immediately update npos-tesseract to the latest version where this is patched. Review your code to ensure proper input validation and consider implementing additional security measures, such as input sanitization. You've got this! Follow these steps, and you'll reinforce your defenses in no time! 🛡️

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.4 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01329 · 70.8th percentile
Published
2022-08-02T13:25Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 02 AUG 13:25Z
    Command Injection
    cvelistv5