CVE-2020-37282office-converter through 1.0.2 OS Command Injection via fileName in generatePdf
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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.04%, higher than 87% of scored CVEs.
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office-converter through 1.0.2 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows attackers to execute commands by supplying a crafted fileName to generatePdf() or generateHtml(). Attackers can embed $(...), backticks, or a closing quote with shell metacharacters in the file name, which is concatenated into an unoconv command run via child_process.exec(), executing commands with Node.js process privileges.
- CVSS
- 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-78
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 3.04% (percentile 87)
- Assigned by
- VulnCheck
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Oct 14, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 14, 2026
Affected products
vworld4u office-converter vworld4u:office_converter (from the name) | through 1.0.2 | CNA record |
References
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9p64-h5q4-phpmthird-party-advisory
- https://github.com/vworld4u/office-converter/pull/9patch, issue-tracking
- https://github.com/vworld4u/office-converter/blob/b1ea855d0001dc7a5d66343698634dbc06b72c2d/index.js#L19-L20technical-description
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/office-converter-through-1.0.2-os-command-injection-via-filename-in-generatepdfthird-party-advisory
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