CVE-2020-37282
office-converter through 1.0.2 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows attackers…
- Risk score
- 81/100
- CVSS
- 9.8 v3.1
- Exploit chance (30 days)
- 3.0%
- Published
- 14 Oct 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- office-converter through 1.0.2 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows attackers to execute commands by supplying a crafted fileName to generatePdf() or generateHtml(). Attackers can embed $(...), backticks, or a closing quote with shell metacharacters in the file name, which is concatenated into an…
- Affected
- See advisory
- Fix
- Apply the vendor's security update; see the linked advisory.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Why it is Red
- CVSS 9.8 critical
- Remotely exploitable without logging in
References
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9p64-h5q4-phpm
- https://github.com/vworld4u/office-converter/blob/b1ea855d0001dc7a5d66343698634dbc06b72c2d/index.js#L19-L20
- https://github.com/vworld4u/office-converter/pull/9
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/office-converter-through-1.0.2-os-command-injection-via-filename-in-generatepdf
Original description
office-converter through 1.0.2 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows attackers to execute commands by supplying a crafted fileName to generatePdf() or generateHtml(). Attackers can embed $(...), backticks, or a closing quote with shell metacharacters in the file name, which is concatenated into an unoconv command run via child_process.exec(), executing commands with Node.js process privileges.
Last activity 14 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.