CVE-2020-7633 — apiconnect-cli-plugins
CRITICALCVE-2020-7633 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) OS Command Injection vulnerability in apiconnect-cli-plugins. 1 public exploit reference exists, so weaponization risk is real. No vendor fix is recorded yet; mitigation options are listed below.
apiconnect-cli-plugins vulnerable to OS Command Injection
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2020-7633 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 385,738 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
Real-World Exposure
How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, and reverse-dependency count shows how many other packages break if it stays unpatched.
apiconnect-cli-pluginsnpmDescription
apiconnect-cli-plugins through 6.0.1 is vulnerable to Command Injection. It allows execution of arbitrary commands via the pluginUri argument.
PoC
var root = require("apiconnect-cli-plugins");
var payload = "& touch Song &";
root.pluginLoader.installPlugin(payload, "");
The injection point is located in line 181 of file lib/plugin-loader.js, in the function installPlugin(pluginUri, registryUri).
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 📦npm | apiconnect-cli-plugins | all versions | No fix |
Affected Products
apiconnect-cli-pluginsapiconnect-cli-plugins_projectResearch use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for apiconnect-cli-plugins, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Remediation status
No patched version of apiconnect-cli-plugins has shipped for CVE-2020-7633 yet. Where your build allows, override or pin the dependency away from the vulnerable range, and apply any maintainer-recommended mitigation.
Mitigate without a patch
Stop passing untrusted input into the interpreter or shell: call the affected binary with an argument array rather than a composed command string, reject anything outside a strict allowlist of expected values, and run the component under an account that cannot reach beyond the work it legitimately does.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2020-7633 in your dependencies?
Find it across npm, including transitive dependencies.