ghsa-p493-635q-r6gr
Vulnerability from github
Published
2021-03-03 02:03
Modified
2025-04-16 22:09
Severity ?
6.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
Remote code execution via the `pretty` option.
Details

Impact

If a remote attacker was able to control the pretty option of the pug compiler, e.g. if you spread a user provided object such as the query parameters of a request into the pug template inputs, it was possible for them to achieve remote code execution on the node.js backend.

Patches

Upgrade to pug@3.0.1 or pug-code-gen@3.0.2 or pug-code-gen@2.0.3, which correctly sanitise the parameter.

Workarounds

If there is no way for un-trusted input to be passed to pug as the pretty option, e.g. if you compile templates in advance before applying user input to them, you do not need to upgrade.

References

Original report: https://github.com/pugjs/pug/issues/3312

For more information

If you believe you have found other vulnerabilities, please DO NOT open an issue. Instead, you can follow the instructions in our Security Policy

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    "github_reviewed_at": "2021-03-03T01:49:22Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-03-03T02:15:00Z",
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  },
  "details": "### Impact\n\nIf a remote attacker was able to control the `pretty` option of the pug compiler, e.g. if you spread a user provided object such as the query parameters of a request into the pug template inputs, it was possible for them to achieve remote code execution on the node.js backend.\n\n### Patches\n\nUpgrade to `pug@3.0.1` or `pug-code-gen@3.0.2` or `pug-code-gen@2.0.3`, which correctly sanitise the parameter.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nIf there is no way for un-trusted input to be passed to pug as the `pretty` option, e.g. if you compile templates in advance before applying user input to them, you do not need to upgrade.\n\n### References\n\n\nOriginal report: https://github.com/pugjs/pug/issues/3312\n\n### For more information\n\nIf you believe you have found other vulnerabilities, please **DO NOT** open an issue. Instead, you can follow the instructions in our [Security Policy](https://github.com/pugjs/pug/blob/master/SECURITY.md)",
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  "modified": "2025-04-16T22:09:45Z",
  "published": "2021-03-03T02:03:52Z",
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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  "summary": "Remote code execution via the `pretty` option."
}


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