CVE-2016-10667: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

February 18, 2019 (updated January 8, 2021)

selenium-portal is a Selenium Testing Framework selenium-portal downloads binary resources over HTTP, which leaves it vulnerable to MITM attacks. It may be possible to cause remote code execution (RCE) by swapping out the requested resources with an attacker controlled copy if the attacker is on the network or positioned in between the user and the remote server.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-6fvw-7vch-x489
nodesecurity.io/advisories/260
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10667
www.npmjs.com/advisories/260

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