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CRITICAL
CVE-2020-6836
Hot-Formula-Parser Jison Arbitrary Code Injection Vulnerability
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 11, 2020, 1:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 5:36 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2020-6836 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-6836 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Hot-formula-parser_project hot-formula-parser

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

JavaScript Yacc

Updated: 4 years, 6 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Dec. 1, 2020, 9:45 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-6836 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-6836 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://blog.truesec.com/2020/01/17/reverse-shell-through-a-node-js-math-parser/
    Added Reference https://github.com/handsontable/formula-parser/commit/396b089738d4bf30eb570a4fe6a188affa95cd5e
    Added Reference https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1439
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 22, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://blog.truesec.com/2020/01/17/reverse-shell-through-a-node-js-math-parser/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 21, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/handsontable/formula-parser/commit/396b089738d4bf30eb570a4fe6a188affa95cd5e No Types Assigned https://github.com/handsontable/formula-parser/commit/396b089738d4bf30eb570a4fe6a188affa95cd5e Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1439 No Types Assigned https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1439 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-94
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:hot-formula-parser_project:hot-formula-parser:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.0.1
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-6836 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2020-6836 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.96 }} 0.07%

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0.75187

percentile

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