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Remote Code Execution in pi_video_recording

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Sep 2, 2020 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 9, 2023

Package

npm pi_video_recording (npm)

Affected versions

>= 0

Patched versions

None

Description

All versions of pi_video_recording are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution. Due to insufficient input validation the server executes arbitrary code through the /api/record/start endpoint. After running the server, curl -POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"filename": " || touch /tmp/worked;"}' http://localhost:5000/api/record/startcreates a file in the /tmp/ directory

Recommendation

No fix is currently available. Consider using an alternative module until a fix is made available.

References

Reviewed Aug 31, 2020
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Sep 2, 2020
Last updated Jan 9, 2023

Severity

High

Weaknesses

CVE ID

No known CVE

GHSA ID

GHSA-9wjh-jr2j-6r4x

Source code

No known source code
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