CVE-2020-7781
Command Injection
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: December 16, 2020 at 06:10 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:25 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorConnection Tester
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
This affects the package connection-tester before 0.2.1. The injection point is located in line 15 in index.js. The following PoC demonstrates the vulnerability:
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 0.2.1
Affected range stops below 0.2.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/skoranga/node-connection-tester/pull/10x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-CONNECTIONTESTER-1048337CVSS
9.8CRITICALsnyk
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-78
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