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title: "CVE-2019-25158: Pedroetb TTS-API OS Command Injection"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2019-25158/
description: "CVE-2019-25158 (tts-api (npm)): A vulnerability has been found in pedroetb tts-api up to 2.1.4 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2023-12-19
date_modified: 2024-08-05
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2019-25158"
kev: false
cvss: 5.5
epss: 0.02115
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# CVE-2019-25158: Pedroetb TTS-API OS Command Injection

**Signal:** Normal patch cycle. No exploitation signal; fix it in your next routine update if you are affected. (Computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS; not an editorial verdict.)

## Should you act?

- No confirmed exploitation. It is not in CISA’s KEV catalog. That can change quickly after a public write-up; re-check if you are affected.
- EPSS 2.1% , percentile 82: FIRST’s model estimates a 2.1% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (elevated). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Needs an account (low (any account)). Exposure depends on who can log in.
- Only applies if your dependency tree includes tts-api (npm) < 2.2.0, fixed in 2.2.0 . Check your lockfile, including transitive dependencies.

## What it is

A vulnerability has been found in pedroetb tts-api up to 2.1.4 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function onSpeechDone of the file app.js. The manipulation leads to os command injection. Upgrading to version 2.2.0 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as 29d9c25415911ea2f8b6de247cb5c4607d13d434. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VDB-248278 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

## Affected packages

- npm `tts-api` < 2.2.0 → fixed: 2.2.0

## Affected products (CVE record)

- pedroetb tts-api: 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.1.4

## Severity

- VulDB CVSS 3.1: 5.5 `CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`
- VulDB CVSS 3.0: 5.5 `CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`
- VulDB CVSS 2.0: 5.2 `AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P`
- GitHub CVSS 3.1: 9.8 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: not listed (no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation known to CISA).
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 2.11% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 82.

## Sources

- [github.com](https://github.com/pedroetb/tts-api/commit/29d9c25415911ea2f8b6de247cb5c4607d13d434)
- [github.com](https://github.com/pedroetb/tts-api/releases/tag/v2.2.0)
- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-jx6q-fq9h-6g7q](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jx6q-fq9h-6g7q)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2019-25158](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-25158)
- [NVD entry CVE-2019-25158](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-25158)
- [vuldb.com](https://vuldb.com/?id.248278)
- [vuldb.com](https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.248278)

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Source page: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2019-25158/ · Security Digest: https://erroneo.us/security/ · More: https://erroneo.us/llms.txt