Command Injection in whereis

Also known as GHSA-wjr4-2jgw-hmv8

Published 8 y ago 2018-07-30 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

9.8

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

2.8%

percentile 86%

Public exploits

none known

Concatenating unsanitized user input in the `whereis` npm module < 0.4.1 allowed an attacker to execute arbitrary commands. The `whereis` module is deprecated and it is recommended to use the `which` npm module instead.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.76% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	9.8	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	2.0	7.5	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`
GitHub	3.0	9.8	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`

Affected packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
npm	`whereis`	<0.4.1	0.4.1

Affected products

https://github.com/vvo whereis

Classification

Weakness

CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

hackerone.com /reports/319476 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3772 · advisory
github.com /vvo/node-whereis/commit/0f64e3780235004fb6e43bfd153ea3e0e210ee2b · web
github.com /advisories/GHSA-wjr4-2jgw-hmv8 · advisory
npmjs.com /advisories/604 · web

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2018-3772
GitHub Advisory: GHSA-wjr4-2jgw-hmv8
NVD: CVE-2018-3772

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Summary