9.8Critical
KEV
CVE-2017-9841PHPUnit Command Injection Vulnerability
Known exploited — PHPUnit Command Injection Vulnerability
CISA confirmed this vulnerability is used in real attacks on 15.02.2022. Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: 15.08.2022.
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9841
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.
Weakness (CWE):
CWE-94
Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.
Affected products and versions
| Vendor | Product | Versions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| oracle | communications diameter signaling router | 8.0.0 – ≤ 8.5.0 | |
| phpunit project | phpunit | ≤ 4.8.27 |
References and patches
- 101798 vdb-entryBroken Link
- 1039812 vdb-entryBroken Link
- GLSA-201711-15 vendor-advisoryThird Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html PatchThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/commit/284a69fb88a2d0845d23f42974a583d8f59bf5a5 PatchThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/pull/1956 PatchThird Party Advisory
- http://web.archive.org/web/20170701212357/http://phpunit.vulnbusters.com/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-9841 US Government Resource
CPE matches (NVD) (3)
cpe:2.3:a:phpunit_project:phpunit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≤ 4.8.27cpe:2.3:a:phpunit_project:phpunit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.0.0 < 5.6.3cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_diameter_signaling_router:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 8.0.0 ≤ 8.5.0