Vulnerability DatabaseGHSA-9p64-h5q4-phpm

GHSA-9p64-h5q4-phpm
JavaScript vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The office-converter npm package has been identified with a high-severity Remote Code Execution vulnerability (GHSA-9p64-h5q4-phpm). This security issue affects all versions of the package (>= 0.0.0) and was initially published to the GitHub Advisory Database on September 2, 2020, with the latest update on January 9, 2023. The vulnerability was reviewed on August 31, 2020 (GitHub Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from insufficient input validation in the office-converter package, which could allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the server. The issue has been classified under CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation) and has been assigned a high severity rating (GitHub Advisory).

Impact

The vulnerability enables Remote Code Execution (RCE) capabilities, allowing malicious actors to run arbitrary commands on the server where the office-converter package is deployed (GitHub Advisory).

Exploitability

Due to the nature of the vulnerability being an input validation issue, it affects all versions of the package with no current patches available, making it highly exploitable (GitHub Advisory).

Mitigation and workarounds

Currently, there is no fix available for this vulnerability. The recommended mitigation strategy is to consider using an alternative module until a security fix is made available (GitHub Advisory).

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