GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-phwq-j96m-2c2q ejs template injection vulnerability

CRITICAL Published 2022-04-26 Modified 2022-08-11 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2022-29078
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
ejs
Severity
Critical
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-74
Reviewed
2022-04-27

Affected packages

• npm ejs: < 3.1.7 → fixed in 3.1.7

Description

The ejs (aka Embedded JavaScript templates) package 3.1.6 for Node.js allows server-side template injection in settings[view options][outputFunctionName]. This is parsed as an internal option, and overwrites the outputFunctionName option with an arbitrary OS command (which is executed upon template compilation).

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2022-29078 The ejs (aka Embedded JavaScript templates) package 3.1.6 for Node.js allows server-side template injection in settings[view… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component weakness

References