CVE-2021-45459 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting the node-windows package (before version 1.0.0-beta.6) for Node.js, specifically within the lib/cmd.js component. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands remotely with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.1.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:node-windows_project:node-windows:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | ||
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:node-windows_project:node-windows:1.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | ||
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:node-windows_project:node-windows:1.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | ||
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:node-windows_project:node-windows:1.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | ||
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:node-windows_project:node-windows:1.0.0:beta4:*:*:*:node.js:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.