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CVE-2020-28453:
JavaScript vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2020-28453 affects all versions of the npos-tesseract package, which is an OCR tool for npos using tesseract engine. The vulnerability was disclosed on January 26, 2021, and was discovered by JHU System Security Lab (Snyk Advisory).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Command Injection vulnerability (CWE-77). The injection point is specifically located in line 55 in lib/ocr.js. The CVSS v3.1 scores vary between sources, with NVD rating it at 9.8 CRITICAL (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) and Snyk rating it at 9.4 CRITICAL (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L) (NVD, Snyk Advisory).
Impact
The vulnerability can lead to a total loss of confidentiality and integrity, with potential impact on availability. An attacker can gain access to restricted information and modify protected files within the impacted component. The vulnerability can be exploited without any user interaction or special privileges (Snyk Advisory).
Mitigation and workarounds
There is no fixed version available for the npos-tesseract package (Snyk Advisory).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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