CVE-2023-2479

OS Command Injection in appium/appium-desktop

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Published May 2, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 22.0% KEV · Not listed

Description

OS Command Injection in GitHub repository appium/appium-desktop prior to v1.22.3-4.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

appium

appium/appium-desktop

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< v1.22.3-4

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:appium:appium-desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-xq6j-x8pq-g3gr	appium-desktop OS Command Injection vulnerability

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 22.0% (22.014% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/appium/appium-desktop/commit/12a988aa08b9822e97056a09486c9bebb3aad8fe
https://huntr.dev/bounties/fbdeec3c-d197-4a68-a547-7f93fb9594b4

History

Jan 30, 2025 5:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Appium Appium-desktop

Weaknesses

CWE-78

Sources

CVE record Updated: Jan 30, 2025, 4:28 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: @huntrdev
Published: May 2, 2023, 12:00 AM
Updated: Jan 30, 2025, 4:28 PM
Reserved: May 2, 2023, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 6:26 AM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 6:26 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:52 AM

Status: Modified
Published: May 2, 2023, 3:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:52 AM

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