What is CVE-2020-28445?

CVE-2020-28445 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Npm-Help Project, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-07-25.

How severe is CVE-2020-28445?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-28445 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Npm-Help Project

CVE-2020-28445

This affects all versions of package npm-help. The injection point is located in line 13 in index.js file in export.latestVersion() function.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.014 (70.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Npm-help_project Npm-help
N/a Npm-help — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

report@snyk.io (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
report@snyk.io (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-28445?: CVE-2020-28445 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Npm-Help Project, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-07-25.
How severe is CVE-2020-28445?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-28445 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.