Description (CNA)
xhtml2pdf before 0.2.19 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in pisa.startViewer() that allows attackers to execute commands by interpolating unescaped file names into os.system. Attackers can supply an input file whose name contains a double quote and shell metacharacters, which runs OS commands as the invoking user when the pisa tool is used with -s/--start-viewer.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| xhtml2pdf / xhtml2pdf | affected 0 before 0.2.19 |
CWE
CWE-78
References
- https://github.com/xhtml2pdf/xhtml2pdf/pull/835
- https://github.com/xhtml2pdf/xhtml2pdf/commit/f86380dad15b3a6810201d08755a3ee6b19d5063
- https://github.com/xhtml2pdf/xhtml2pdf/releases/tag/v0.2.19
- https://github.com/xhtml2pdf/xhtml2pdf/blob/v0.2.18/xhtml2pdf/pisa.py#L393-L400
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/xhtml2pdf-before-0.2.19-os-command-injection-via-startviewer-file-name
ADP enrichment
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