CVE-2020-28502: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
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.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-h4j5-c7cj-74xg
- github.com/driverdan/node-XMLHttpRequest/blob/1.6.0/lib/XMLHttpRequest.js
- github.com/driverdan/node-XMLHttpRequest/blob/1.6.0/lib/XMLHttpRequest.js%23L480
- github.com/driverdan/node-XMLHttpRequest/commit/983cfc244c7567ad6a59e366e55a8037e0497fe6
- github.com/mjwwit/node-XMLHttpRequest/blob/ae38832a0f1347c5e96dda665402509a3458e302/lib/XMLHttpRequest.js
- github.com/mjwwit/node-XMLHttpRequest/commit/ee1e81fc67729c7c0eba5537ed7fe1e30a6b3291
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28502
- snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1082937
- snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1082938
- snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-XMLHTTPREQUEST-1082935
- snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-XMLHTTPREQUESTSSL-1082936
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