CVE-2020-37282CWE-78command-injection

CVE-2020-37282

Critical · published October 14, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.8
EPSS
3%
Percentile
87.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

office-converter through 1.0.2 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows attackers to execute commands by supplying a crafted fileName to generatePdf() or generateHtml(). Attackers can embed $(...), backticks, or a closing quote with shell metacharacters in the file name, which is concatenated into an unoconv command run via child_process.exec(), executing commands with Node.js process privileges.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.8 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
9.3 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.03037 · 87.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-78 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Published
2026-10-14T19:16Z
References (4)
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9p64-h5q4-phpm · [email protected]https://github.com/vworld4u/office-converter/blob/b1ea855d0001dc7a5d66343698634dbc06b72c2d/index.js#L19-L20 · [email protected]https://github.com/vworld4u/office-converter/pull/9 · [email protected]https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/office-converter-through-1.0.2-os-command-injection-via-filename-in-generatepdf · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 OCT 03:13Z
    EPSS moved — → 3%
    epss
  • 14 OCT 14:16Z
    office-converter through 1.0.2 OS Command Injection via fileName in generatePdf
    cvelistv5
  • 14 OCT 14:16Z
    office-converter through 1.0.2 OS Command Injection via fileName in generatePdf
    cvelistv5