Vulnerability · Published Jun 26, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2025-52573Command Injection in MCP Server ios-simulator-mcp
Medium 6.0
In plain English
A medium-severity OS command injection in ios-simulator-mcp from joshuayoes. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 52% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
iOS Simulator MCP Server (ios-simulator-mcp) is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for interacting with iOS simulators. Versions prior to 1.3.3 are written in a way that is vulnerable to command injection vulnerability attacks as part of some of its MCP Server tool definition and implementation. The MCP Server exposes the tool `ui_tap` which relies on Node.js child process API `exec` which is an unsafe and vulnerable API if concatenated with untrusted user input. LLM exposed user input for `duration`, `udid`, and `x` and `y` args can be replaced with shell meta-characters like `;` or `&&` or others to change the behavior from running the expected command `idb` to another command. When LLMs are tricked through prompt injection (and other techniques and attack vectors) to call the tool with input that uses special shell characters such as `; rm -rf /tmp;#` and other payload variations, the full command-line text will be interepted by the shell and result in other commands except of `ps` executing on the host running the MCP Server. Version 1.3.3 contains a patch for the issue.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | ios-simulator-mcp | 1.3.3 | GHSA-6f6r-m9pv-67jw |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| joshuayoes | ios-simulator-mcp | < 1.3.3 |
Weakness: CWE-78 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
References
- https://github.com/joshuayoes/ios-simulator-mcp/security/advisories/GHSA-6f6r-m9pv-67jw x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/joshuayoes/ios-simulator-mcp/commit/eb53a4f2cc8bbeb13e8d6d930f00167befcdb809 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/joshuayoes/ios-simulator-mcp/blob/main/src/index.ts#L166-L207 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/joshuayoes/ios-simulator-mcp/releases/tag/v1.3.3 x_refsource_MISC