# CVE-2022-44019: Command injection in n/a

> Attackers can execute arbitrary commands on servers running Total.js 4 by injecting shell metacharacters into the host parameter of the ping API endpoint.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Oct 2022
- **Updated:** 7 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5g8m-7pjc-g6vr

## What is CVE-2022-44019?

CVE-2022-44019 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Oct 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In Total.js 4 before 0e5ace7, /api/common/ping can achieve remote command execution via shell metacharacters in the host parameter.

Weakness: CWE-78 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-44019?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Totaljs Total.js.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-44019?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-44019 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-44019 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-44019 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2021-23389](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-23389/): Arbitrary Code Execution (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-23344](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-23344/): Remote Code Execution (RCE) (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-48655](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-48655/): Code injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-28494](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-28494/): Command Injection (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2021-32831](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-32831/): Code injection in total.js (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-44019 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-44019 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Oct 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-44019 exists.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-44019/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-44019/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-44019
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-44019
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-44019

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-44019/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.