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pwntools Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) vulnerability

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Apr 20, 2021 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Sep 7, 2023

Package

pip pwntools (pip)

Affected versions

< 4.3.1

Patched versions

4.3.1

Description

This affects the package pwntools before 4.3.1. The shellcraft generator for affected versions of this module are vulnerable to Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI), which can lead to remote code execution.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jan 8, 2021
Reviewed Apr 6, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 20, 2021
Last updated Sep 7, 2023

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-2020-28468

GHSA ID

GHSA-7xc5-ggpp-g249

Source code

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