CVE-2017-9841
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.8 Critical
- Published
- Jun 27, 2017
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Reserved
- Jun 24, 2017
Description
Util/PHP/eval-stdin.php in PHPUnit before 4.8.28 and 5.x before 5.6.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via HTTP POST data beginning with a "<?php " substring, as demonstrated by an attack on a site with an exposed /vendor folder, i.e., external access to the /vendor/phpunit/phpunit/src/Util/PHP/eval-stdin.php URI.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 9.8 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- 101798vdb-entry
- 1039812vdb-entry
- GLSA-201711-15vendor-advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/commit/284a69fb88a2d0845d23f42974a583d8f59bf5a5
- https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/pull/1956
- http://web.archive.org/web/20170701212357/http://phpunit.vulnbusters.com/
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-9841government-resource
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