---
id: CVE-2024-42360
title: Command Injection in sequenceserver
summary: >-
  SequenceServer lets you rapidly set up a BLAST+ server with an intuitive user
  interface for personal or group use. Several HTTP endpoints did not properly
  sanitize user input and/or query parameters. This could be exploited to inject
  and…
severity: critical
cvss: 9.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-77
vendor: wurmlab
product: sequenceserver
affected:
  - sequenceserver < 3.1.2
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'yes'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-10-29T13:28:26.618636Z'
published: '2024-08-14'
updated: '2026-10-29'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-29T13:29:01.622Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42360'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/wurmlab/sequenceserver/security/advisories/GHSA-qv32-5wm2-p32h
    label: >-
      https://github.com/wurmlab/sequenceserver/security/advisories/GHSA-qv32-5wm2-p32h
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/wurmlab/sequenceserver/commit/457e52709f7f9ed2fceed59b3db564cb50785dba
    label: >-
      https://github.com/wurmlab/sequenceserver/commit/457e52709f7f9ed2fceed59b3db564cb50785dba
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00584
epssPercentile: 0.48075
ingestedAt: '2026-11-01T18:59:04.486Z'
---

## Overview

SequenceServer lets you rapidly set up a BLAST+ server with an intuitive user interface for personal or group use. Several HTTP endpoints did not properly sanitize user input and/or query parameters. This could be exploited to inject and run unwanted shell commands. This vulnerability has been fixed in 3.1.2.

## Affected

- `sequenceserver < 3.1.2`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.