CVE-2021-23344
Remote Code Execution (RCE)
The package total.js before 3.4.8 are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) via set.
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
Remote Code Execution (RCE)
The package total.js before 3.4.8 are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) via set.
- Record
CVE-2021-23344- 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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-0594
The package total.js before 3.4.8 are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) via set.
- Record
EUVD-2021-0594- 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 - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3wj8-vp9h-rm6m
total.js Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
total.js is a framework for Node.js platfrom written in pure JavaScript similar to PHP's Laravel or Python's Django or ASP.NET MVC. It can be used as web, desktop, service or IoT application.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) via set.
PoC
// To be run in a nodejs console:
require('total.js/utils').set({}, 'a;eval(`require("child_process")\\x2eexecSync("touch pwned")`);//')
- Record
GHSA-3wj8-vp9h-rm6m- 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-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
The package total.js before 3.4.8 are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) via set.
- Record
CVE-2021-23344- 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 - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
The package total.js before 3.4.8 are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) via set.
- Record
CVE-2021-23344- 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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-3wj8-vp9h-rm6m
total.js Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
total.js is a framework for Node.js platfrom written in pure JavaScript similar to PHP's Laravel or Python's Django or ASP.NET MVC. It can be used as web, desktop, service or IoT application.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) via set.
PoC
// To be run in a nodejs console:
require('total.js/utils').set({}, 'a;eval(`require("child_process")\\x2eexecSync("touch pwned")`);//')
- Record
GHSA-3wj8-vp9h-rm6m- 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-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-23344 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Totaljs Total.js, published March 4, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.88%, the 92nd percentile. Fixed in total.js 3.4.7.