Command Injection in create-choo-electron

published 2023-01-24 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-j8wr-fwf2-vvr9 , EUVD-2023-0492

cvss: 7.4; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.6%; EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 75%
public exploits: 0; none known

All versions of the package create-choo-electron are vulnerable to Command Injection via the devInstall function due to improper user-input sanitization.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 19 mo ago (2025-04-01)

Exploit prediction

1.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

security.snyk.io https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-CREATECHOOELECTRON-3157953 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P
CNA	3.1	7.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
npm	create-choo-electron	<=2.0.0	no fix listed

Affected products

n/a create-choo-electron

Classification

Weakness

CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command
CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command

References

security.snyk.io /vuln/SNYK-JS-CREATECHOOELECTRON-3157953
web, exploit, third-party-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2022-25908
advisory

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary