CVE-2023-401856.5MediumCWE-150

CVE-2023-40185: Shescape on Windows escaping may be bypassed in threaded context

ericcornelissen · shescape

Affected: ericcornelissen shescape · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

0.7%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

52nd percentile

050100

Higher than 52% of scored CVEs

6.5MediumCVSS 3.1

LowMediumHighCrit.

DescriptionCVE.org

shescape is simple shell escape library for JavaScript. This may impact users that use Shescape on Windows in a threaded context. The vulnerability can result in Shescape escaping (or quoting) for the wrong shell, thus allowing attackers to bypass protections depending on the combination of expected and used shell. This bug has been patched in version 1.7.4.

Affected products1

From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.

ericcornelissen · shescape< 1.7.4

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Exploitation: Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
CISA KEV: Not listed
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences · Injection and Smuggling
Vendor: ericcornelissen
Published: August 2023
Band: Unlikely (under 1%), August 2023

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