CVE-2021-32772 HIGH

CVE-2021-32772: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') in helper_entries

Vendor Mrchuckomo
Product poddycast
Weakness CWE-78
Published August 3, 2021
Last update August 3, 2024

CVSS base score

8.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Poddycast is a podcast app made with Electron. Prior to version 0.8.1, an attacker can create a podcast or episode with malicious characters and execute commands on the client machine. The application does not clean the HTML characters of the podcast information obtained from the Feed, which allows the injection of HTML and JS code (cross-site scripting). Being an application made in electron, cross-site scripting can be scaled to remote code execution, making it possible to execute commands on the machine where the application is running. The vulnerability is patched in Poddycast version 0.8.1.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 3, 2021 CVE published
August 3, 2024 Record updated