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CVE-2020-7781 (GCVE-0-2020-7781)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-12-16 18:10 – Updated: 2024-09-16 20:02
VLAI
Title
Command Injection
Summary
This affects the package connection-tester before 0.2.1. The injection point is located in line 15 in index.js. The following PoC demonstrates the vulnerability:
CWE
  • Command Injection
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a connection-tester Affected: unspecified , < 0.2.1 (custom)
Date Public
2020-12-16 00:00
Show details on NVD website

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