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CVE-2022-24725

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-24725 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting Shescape versions 1.4.0 to 1.5.1, a JavaScript shell escape package. When using Bash with the escape or escapeAll functions and the interpolation option set to true, this flaw can expose the home directory on Unix systems. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM) due to its local attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, potentially leading to directory traversal. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.4.0, < 1.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:shescape_project:shescape:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.2MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.5
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
39.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0050 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 15,938 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: shescapeFixed in: 1.5.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-446w-rrm4-r47fmedium

Exposure of home directory through shescape on Unix with Bash

Mar 3, 2022

References

github.com / ericcornelissen/shescape/issues/169
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / ericcornelissen/shescape/pull/170
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / ericcornelissen/shescape/security/advisories/GHSA-446w-rrm4-r47f
ExploitThird Party Advisory