Description Arbitrary Code Injection (Remote Code Execution & XSS):
A critical security vulnerability affects all versions of the jsonpath package. The library relies on the static-eval module to evaluate JSON Path expressions but fails to properly sanitize or sandbox the input.
This allows an attacker to inject arbitrary JavaScript code into the JSON Path expression. When the library evaluates this expression, the malicious code is executed.
Node.js Environments: This leads to Remote Code Execution (RCE), allowing an attacker to compromise the server.
Browser Environments: This leads to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), allowing an attacker to hijack user sessions or exfiltrate data.
Affected Methods:
The vulnerability triggers when untrusted data is passed to any method that evaluates a path, including:
jsonpath.query
jsonpath.nodes
jsonpath.paths
jsonpath.value
jsonpath.parent
jsonpath.apply