VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-7781

The injection point is located in line 15 in index.js.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.99%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.99%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

This affects the package connection-tester before 0.2.1. The injection point is located in line 15 in index.js. The following PoC demonstrates the vulnerability:

CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 1.99% probability · 80th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-78
Affected: connection-tester project/connection-tester
Source: report@snyk.io

References

https://github.com/skoranga/node-connection-tester/pull/10Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-CONNECTIONTESTER-1048337Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/skoranga/node-connection-tester/pull/10Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-CONNECTIONTESTER-1048337Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.