CVE-2020-37282
office-converter through 1.0.2 OS Command Injection via fileName in generatePdf
CVSS Score
9.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
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.
| CWE | CWE-78 |
| Vendor | vworld4u |
| Product | office-converter |
| Published | Oct 14, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Affected Versions
vworld4u / office-converter
0 ≤ 1.0.2
References
github.com: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9p64-h5q4-phpm github.com: https://github.com/vworld4u/office-converter/pull/9 github.com: https://github.com/vworld4u/office-converter/blob/b1ea855d0001dc7a5d66343698634dbc06b72c2d/index.js#L19-L20 vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/office-converter-through-1.0.2-os-command-injection-via-filename-in-generatepdf
Credits
Zachariah Mithani