Vulnerability · Published Aug 14, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2024-42360Command Injection in sequenceserver

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity command injection in sequenceserver from wurmlab. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 48% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 51.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

SequenceServer lets you rapidly set up a BLAST+ server with an intuitive user interface for personal or group use. Several HTTP endpoints did not properly sanitize user input and/or query parameters. This could be exploited to inject and run unwanted shell commands. This vulnerability has been fixed in 3.1.2.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
RubyGems	sequenceserver	3.1.2	GHSA-qv32-5wm2-p32h

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
wurmlab	sequenceserver	< 3.1.2

Weakness: CWE-77 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://github.com/wurmlab/sequenceserver/security/advisories/GHSA-qv32-5wm2-p32h x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/wurmlab/sequenceserver/commit/457e52709f7f9ed2fceed59b3db564cb50785dba x_refsource_MISC