CVE-2020-6836 (GCVE-0-2020-6836)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-01-11 00:42 – Updated: 2024-08-04 09:11
VLAI
Summary
grammar-parser.jison in the hot-formula-parser package before 3.0.1 for Node.js is vulnerable to arbitrary code injection. The package fails to sanitize values passed to the parse function and concatenates them in an eval call. If a value of the formula is taken from user-controlled input, it may allow attackers to run arbitrary commands on the server.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2260 records in the last 180 days details
References
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