CVE-2018-6342

Summary

react-dev-utils on Windows allows developers to run a local webserver for accepting various commands, including a command to launch an editor. The input to that command was not properly sanitized, allowing an attacker who can make a network request to the server (either via CSRF or by direct request) to execute arbitrary commands on the targeted system. This issue affects multiple branches: 1.x.x prior to 1.0.4, 2.x.x prior to 2.0.2, 3.x.x prior to 3.1.2, 4.x.x prior to 4.2.2, and 5.x.x prior to 5.0.2.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Facebookreact-dev-utils5.0.2affected
Facebookreact-dev-utils5.0.0 < unspecifiedaffected
Facebookreact-dev-utils4.2.2affected
Facebookreact-dev-utils4.0.0 < unspecifiedaffected
Facebookreact-dev-utils3.1.2affected
Facebookreact-dev-utils3.0.0 < unspecifiedaffected
Facebookreact-dev-utils2.0.2affected
Facebookreact-dev-utils2.0.0 < unspecifiedaffected
Facebookreact-dev-utils1.0.4affected
Facebookreact-dev-utils1.0.0 < unspecifiedaffected
Facebookreact-dev-utilsunspecified < 1.0.0unaffected

Weaknesses

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

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: yes
    • Technical Impact: total

References