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CVE-2020-7781: Command Injection

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-12-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

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:

Affected products

• connection-tester: before 0.2.1 — fixed in 0.2.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: connection-tester 0.2.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/skoranga/node-connection-tester/pull/10
• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-CONNECTIONTESTER-1048337
• https://github.com/skoranga/node-connection-tester/pull/10
• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-CONNECTIONTESTER-1048337

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