The npm package grunt-open version 0.1.0 offers a Grunt task designed to simplify the process of opening URLs and local files directly from your Grunt build process. This initial stable release focused on providing a straightforward solution for developers to automate tasks like launching a browser with the application's URL after a build or quickly opening relevant documentation files.
Key features revolved around its primary purpose: seamlessly integrating the "open" functionality (provided by its dependency, the "open" package version 0.0.2) into Grunt workflows. Developers could configure the task within their Gruntfile, specifying the URLs or file paths to be opened. The package depended on a generic grunt dependency "grunt": "*" and in terms of development it had grunt": "~0.4.0a". Maintained in a GitHub repository, it shows a commitment to open-source development and version control, making collaboration and issue tracking easier. Its author, Jarrod Overson, provides contact information, facilitating communication.
While this version 0.1.0 serves as a foundational tool, subsequent updates likely introduced enhanced configuration options, bug fixes, improved error handling, and potentially support for newer versions of Grunt and its dependencies. For developers considering grunt-open, understanding the evolution of the package beyond this initial release is crucial to leverage the most up-to-date features and ensure compatibility with their current Grunt environment. Comparing this version with later releases reveals the improvements and additions made to this essential Grunt task.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 0.1.0 of the package
Command Injection in open
Versions of open before 6.0.0 are vulnerable to command injection when unsanitized user input is passed in.
The package does come with the following warning in the readme:
The same care should be taken when calling open as if you were calling child_process.exec directly. If it is an executable it will run in a new shell.
open is now the deprecated opn package. Upgrading to the latest version is likely have unwanted effects since it now has a very different API but will prevent this vulnerability.