CVE-2020-28445
Command Injection
This affects all versions of package npm-help. The injection point is located in line 13 in index.js file in export.latestVersion() function.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Command Injection
This affects all versions of package npm-help. The injection point is located in line 13 in index.js file in export.latestVersion() function.
- Record
CVE-2020-28445- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-20886
This affects all versions of package npm-help. The injection point is located in line 13 in index.js file in export.latestVersion() function.
- Record
EUVD-2020-20886- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cffc-m953-rpr2
This affects all versions of package npm-help. The injection point is located in line 13 in index...
This affects all versions of package npm-help. The injection point is located in line 13 in index.js file in export.latestVersion() function.
- Record
GHSA-cffc-m953-rpr2- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
This affects all versions of package npm-help. The injection point is located in line 13 in index.js file in export.latestVersion() function.
- Record
CVE-2020-28445- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-28445 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Npm-help Project Npm-help, published July 25, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.53%, the 74th percentile. No source names a fixed version.