CVE-2020-7697

Command Injection

Critical · published July 29, 2020

CVSS v3.1
9.8
EPSS
2%
Percentile
81.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

🚨 A cleverly crafted command can slip right through an unchecked variable—this vulnerability in mock2easy is a remote command execution waiting to happen! 🔥 Think of it as a restaurant where a customer can sneak in their own ingredients without the kitchen checking their order. If they get creative, they can whip up something dangerous, and that’s exactly what an attacker can do here by injecting commands through the _data variable. An attacker could inject malicious commands that execute on the server, potentially gaining complete control. This could mean accessing sensitive data, altering application behavior, or even shutting down the service entirely—an absolute nightmare for any application!

Put simply

Think of it as a restaurant where a customer can sneak in their own ingredients without the kitchen checking their order. If they get creative, they can whip up something dangerous, and that’s exactly what an attacker can do here by injecting commands through the _data variable. In the mock2easy package, an attacker can exploit the _data variable to inject arbitrary commands due to a lack of input validation. This vulnerability allows the attacker to execute any code on the server that the application has permission to run.

What to do

An attacker could inject malicious commands that execute on the server, potentially gaining complete control. This could mean accessing sensitive data, altering application behavior, or even shutting down the service entirely—an absolute nightmare for any application! Immediately patch to the latest version of mock2easy to close this critical vulnerability. Validate and sanitize any input being passed to the _data variable to prevent command injections. Regularly audit your codebase for similar vulnerabilities to maintain security. You've got this! Tackle this vulnerability head-on, and you'll reinforce your application's defenses in no time! 🛡️

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/E:U/RL:U/RC:C
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02044 · 81.0th percentile
Published
2020-07-29T12:40Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 29 JUL 12:40Z
    Command Injection
    cvelistv5