Remote command injection in Lodash

Published: 2021-02-15 | Updated: 2021-05-12

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	1
CVE-ID	CVE-2021-23337
CWE-ID	CWE-77
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	Lodash Web applications / JS libraries
Vendor	Lodash

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Command Injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU53202

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23337

CWE-ID: CWE-77 - Command injection

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary commands on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when processing templates. A remote privileged user can inject and execute arbitrary commands on the system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Lodash: 0.1.0 - 4.17.20

External links

http://github.com/lodash/lodash/blob/ddfd9b11a0126db2302cb70ec9973b66baec0975/lodash.js%23L14851
http://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210312-0006/
http://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGFUJIONWEBJARS-1074932
http://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARS-1074930
http://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWER-1074928
http://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWERGITHUBLODASH-1074931
http://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1074929
http://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-LODASH-1040724

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated privileged user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.