Arbitrary code execution via untrusted rule evaluation
Published Apr 27, 2020 · Updated Aug 4, 2024
Code injection in Mithun Satheesh node-rules 3.0.0 through 4.0.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript through crafted rules. The fromJSON() method passes attacker-controlled condition and consequence strings directly to eval(), converting both into executable functions without validation or isolation. Exploitation requires a consuming application to supply untrusted rules to that API, and injected code runs with the privileges and data access of the host process.
Summary
What happened
Code injection in Mithun Satheesh node-rules 3.0.0 through 4.0.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript through crafted rules. The fromJSON() method passes attacker-controlled condition and consequence strings directly to eval(), converting both into executable functions without validation or isolation. Exploitation requires a consuming application to supply untrusted rules to that API, and injected code runs with the privileges and data access of the host process.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2020-7609
- Published
- Apr 27, 2020
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Vendor
- Mithun Satheesh
- Product
- node-rules
- Classifications
- CWE-94, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 27, 2020CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 4, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=All versions including 3.0.0 and prior to 5.0.0
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Public exploit references
- fromJSON crafted-rule proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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