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HTMLawed < 1.2.9 Command Injection (CVE-2022-35914)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 169907

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Synopsis

The HTMLawed library is affected by a command injection vulnerability.

Description

The HTMLawed library on the remote host is a affected by a command injection vulnerability. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted message, to execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade HTMLawed to version 1.2.9 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?b4f387c1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 169907

File Name: htmlawed_cmd_injection.nbin

Version: 1.24

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 1/11/2023

Updated: 4/15/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-35914

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:bioinformatics:htmlawed

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Exploited by Nessus: true

Patch Publication Date: 7/2/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/2/2022

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 3/28/2023

Exploitable With

Metasploit (GLPI htmLawed php command injection)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-35914