CVE-2020-37282GHSA-9p64-h5q4-phpm
office-converter through 1.0.2 OS Command Injection via fileName in generatePdf
vworld4u office-converternpmApplications & CMS
CVSS
9.3CriticalExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)3.04%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed inNone listedNo source names a fixed version. Check the vendor advisory below
What fixes it
No source in this snapshot names a fixed version. The vendor advisories under References are the place to check.
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.
Text from CVE List
Affected versions 2
- office-converteraffected: all versions through 1.0.2CVE List
- office-converter, npmfrom 0.0.0OSV
References 4
- github.com/vworld4u/office-converter/pull/9Fixvia CVE List
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-9p64-h5q4-phpmAdvisoryvia CVE List
- vulncheck.com/advisories/office-converter-through-1.0.2-os-command-injection-via-filename-in-generatepdfAdvisoryvia CVE List
- github.com/vworld4u/office-converter/blob/b1ea855d0001dc7a5d66343698634dbc06b72c2d/index.js#L19-L20Referencevia CVE List