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Vulnerability details

CVE-2020-37279

karuppiah7890 easy-pdf-merge

easy-pdf-merge 0.1.0 through 0.2.6 OS Command Injection via merge function

CVSS 4.0
9.2Critical

Official description

easy-pdf-merge 0.1.0 through 0.2.6 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows attackers to execute commands by injecting shell metacharacters into source paths, destination path, or maxHeap option. Attackers can supply file names or options containing double quotes, semicolons, $() or backticks, which child_process.exec() runs through a shell with the Node.js process privileges.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
9.2Critical 4.0 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (VulnCheck) CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
8.1High 3.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (VulnCheck) CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
karuppiah7890 easy-pdf-merge 0.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 0.2.6 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

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Details

Published
2026-10-13
Last updated
2026-10-13
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
VulnCheck
Kolun priority
34 · Low

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.88%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
79.5%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
No
Exploitation
Proof of concept
Technical impact
Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-78
    Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')