CVE-2020-4059

Command Injection in mversion

HIGH
7.3
CVSS Score
Published: June 18, 2020 at 07:25 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:19 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsMversionProject Mversion

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Severity
HIGH7.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

Description

In mversion before 2.0.0, there is a command injection vulnerability. This issue may lead to remote code execution if a client of the library calls the vulnerable method with untrusted input. This vulnerability is patched by version 2.0.0. Previous releases are deprecated in npm. As a workaround, make sure to escape git commit messages when using the commitMessage option for the update function.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 2.0.0
Affected range stops below 2.0.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 2.0.0
Affected range stops below 2.0.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

7.3HIGHGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
LOW
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-77

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