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High · 8.1 Public exploit CVE-2020-28502 EUVD-2021-1094GHSA-h4j5-c7cj-74xg

Arbitrary Code Injection

Published Mar 5, 2021 · Updated Sep 16, 2024 · Assigned by snyk

Package: node-xmlhttprequest Package: node-xmlhttprequest Package: node-xmlhttprequest-ssl Package: xmlhttprequest Package: xmlhttprequest-ssl Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: npm Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

This affects the package xmlhttprequest before 1.7.0; all versions of package xmlhttprequest-ssl. Provided requests are sent synchronously (async=False on xhr.open), malicious user input flowing into xhr.send could result in arbitrary code being injected and run.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— xmlhttprequest unspecified – < 1.7.0 1.7.0
— xmlhttprequest-ssl < unspecified unspecified

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 node-xmlhttprequest 1.8.0-1 —
Debian 13 node-xmlhttprequest 1.8.0-1 —
Debian 12 node-xmlhttprequest 1.8.0-1 —

Ubuntu

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS node-xmlhttprequest-ssl No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS node-xmlhttprequest +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS node-xmlhttprequest No fix yet —

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

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GitHub 2 repositories

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Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm xmlhttprequest < 1.7.0 1.7.0 GHSA-h4j5-c7cj-74xg
npm xmlhttprequest-ssl < 1.6.2 1.6.2 GHSA-h4j5-c7cj-74xg

Advisories 1

References