CWE-94
Allowed-with-ReviewImproper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Abstraction: Base · Status: Draft
The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.
8355 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-P3MW-8HP9-7FR6
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-01 06:45 – Updated: 2022-05-01 06:45config/config_inc.php in iGENUS Webmail 2.02 and earlier allows remote attackers to include arbitrary local files via the SG_HOME parameter.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2006-1031"
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"CWE-94"
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2006-03-07T11:02:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "config/config_inc.php in iGENUS Webmail 2.02 and earlier allows remote attackers to include arbitrary local files via the SG_HOME parameter.",
"id": "GHSA-p3mw-8hp9-7fr6",
"modified": "2022-05-01T06:45:28Z",
"published": "2022-05-01T06:45:28Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1031"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24935"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://retrogod.altervista.org/igenus_202_xpl_pl.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/19036"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.osvdb.org/23530"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16829"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0753"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-P3PP-R8W3-M3F7
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-01-07 12:31 – Updated: 2026-04-01 18:33Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in Smackcoders WP Ultimate Exporter allows PHP Remote File Inclusion.This issue affects WP Ultimate Exporter: from n/a through 2.9.1.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-56278"
],
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"CWE-94"
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-01-07T11:15:09Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "Improper Control of Generation of Code (\u0027Code Injection\u0027) vulnerability in Smackcoders WP Ultimate Exporter allows PHP Remote File Inclusion.This issue affects WP Ultimate Exporter: from n/a through 2.9.1.",
"id": "GHSA-p3pp-r8w3-m3f7",
"modified": "2026-04-01T18:33:01Z",
"published": "2025-01-07T12:31:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56278"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wp-ultimate-exporter/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-ultimate-exporter-plugin-2-9-1-remote-code-execution-rce-vulnerability?_s_id=cve"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-P3V2-VXQ8-X73M
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-01 18:30 – Updated: 2024-03-21 03:32** DISPUTED ** PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in include/plugin/block.t.php in Peter Schmidt phpmyProfiler 0.9.6b allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the pmp_rel_path parameter. NOTE: this issue is disputed by CVE because the applicable require_once is in a function that is not called on a direct request.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2007-5114"
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"nvd_published_at": "2007-09-26T23:17:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "** DISPUTED ** PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in include/plugin/block.t.php in Peter Schmidt phpmyProfiler 0.9.6b allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the pmp_rel_path parameter. NOTE: this issue is disputed by CVE because the applicable require_once is in a function that is not called on a direct request.",
"id": "GHSA-p3v2-vxq8-x73m",
"modified": "2024-03-21T03:32:58Z",
"published": "2022-05-01T18:30:17Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
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},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://arfis.wordpress.com/2007/09/14/rfi-02-phpmyprofiler"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://osvdb.org/38579"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-P3V8-5QC4-7P8R
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-11-16 18:30 – Updated: 2023-11-16 18:30An attacker is able to gain remote code execution on a server hosting the H2O dashboard through it's POJO model import feature.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-6016"
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"CWE-94"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-11-16T16:15:34Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "An attacker is able to gain remote code execution on a server hosting the H2O dashboard through it\u0027s POJO model import feature.",
"id": "GHSA-p3v8-5qc4-7p8r",
"modified": "2023-11-16T18:30:31Z",
"published": "2023-11-16T18:30:31Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6016"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://huntr.com/bounties/83dd17ec-053e-453c-befb-7d6736bf1836"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-P3WP-9777-5GW9
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-01 07:00 – Updated: 2022-05-01 07:00Prodder before 0.5, and perlpodder before 0.5, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the URL of a podcast (url attribute of an enclosure tag, or $enc_url variable), which is executed when running wget.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2006-2548"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-94"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2006-05-23T10:06:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Prodder before 0.5, and perlpodder before 0.5, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the URL of a podcast (url attribute of an enclosure tag, or $enc_url variable), which is executed when running wget.",
"id": "GHSA-p3wp-9777-5gw9",
"modified": "2022-05-01T07:00:07Z",
"published": "2022-05-01T07:00:07Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2548"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26568"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26575"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-05/0567.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/20208"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/20238"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/942"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=418189\u0026group_id=148643"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.osvdb.org/25690"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2006-002.php"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2006-003.php"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434712/100/0/threaded"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18068"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1905"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-P3WX-XH7W-Q769
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-11-18 00:30 – Updated: 2025-11-18 00:30The The Classified Listing – Classified ads & Business Directory Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.3. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to execute arbitrary shortcodes.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-7711"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-94"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-11-17T23:15:56Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "The The Classified Listing \u2013 Classified ads \u0026 Business Directory Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.3. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to execute arbitrary shortcodes.",
"id": "GHSA-p3wx-xh7w-q769",
"modified": "2025-11-18T00:30:19Z",
"published": "2025-11-18T00:30:19Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-7711"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/classified-listing/tags/5.0.2/app/Controllers/Hooks/FilterHooks.php#L367"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d9b10db9-0c7c-4f13-9d98-6d407446cfb8?source=cve"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-P463-639R-Q9G9
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2017-10-24 18:33 – Updated: 2025-04-14 21:47The Dragonfly gem 0.7 before 0.8.6 and 0.9.x before 0.9.13 for Ruby, when used with Ruby on Rails, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted request.
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"ecosystem": "RubyGems",
"name": "dragonfly"
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"introduced": "0.7"
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"fixed": "0.8.6"
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"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
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]
},
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"name": "dragonfly"
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"introduced": "0.9"
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"fixed": "0.9.13"
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]
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],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2013-1756"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-94"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:47:55Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2014-06-09T19:55:06Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "The Dragonfly gem 0.7 before 0.8.6 and 0.9.x before 0.9.13 for Ruby, when used with Ruby on Rails, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted request.",
"id": "GHSA-p463-639r-q9g9",
"modified": "2025-04-14T21:47:15Z",
"published": "2017-10-24T18:33:37Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1756"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/markevans/dragonfly/commit/a8775aacf9e5c81cf11bec34b7afa7f27ddfe277"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82476"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/markevans/dragonfly"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/dragonfly-users/3c3WIU3VQTo"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200229103538/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58225"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [],
"summary": "Dragonfly Code Injection vulnerability"
}
GHSA-P473-99RC-HF3W
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 02:05 – Updated: 2022-05-17 02:05Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in Seagull 0.6.7 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the includeFile parameter to (1) Config/Container.php and (2) HTML/QuickForm.php in fog/lib/pear/, the (3) driverpath parameter to fog/lib/pear/DB/NestedSet.php, and the (4) path parameter to fog/lib/pear/DB/NestedSet/Output.php.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2010-3209"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-94"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2010-09-03T18:00:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in Seagull 0.6.7 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the includeFile parameter to (1) Config/Container.php and (2) HTML/QuickForm.php in fog/lib/pear/, the (3) driverpath parameter to fog/lib/pear/DB/NestedSet.php, and the (4) path parameter to fog/lib/pear/DB/NestedSet/Output.php.",
"id": "GHSA-p473-99rc-hf3w",
"modified": "2022-05-17T02:05:41Z",
"published": "2022-05-17T02:05:41Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3209"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61470"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://packetstormsecurity.org/1008-exploits/seagull-rfi.txt"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14841"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-P493-635Q-R6GR
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2021-03-03 02:03 – Updated: 2025-04-16 22:09Impact
If a remote attacker was able to control the pretty option of the pug compiler, e.g. if you spread a user provided object such as the query parameters of a request into the pug template inputs, it was possible for them to achieve remote code execution on the node.js backend.
Patches
Upgrade to pug@3.0.1 or pug-code-gen@3.0.2 or pug-code-gen@2.0.3, which correctly sanitise the parameter.
Workarounds
If there is no way for un-trusted input to be passed to pug as the pretty option, e.g. if you compile templates in advance before applying user input to them, you do not need to upgrade.
References
Original report: https://github.com/pugjs/pug/issues/3312
For more information
If you believe you have found other vulnerabilities, please DO NOT open an issue. Instead, you can follow the instructions in our Security Policy
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-21353"
],
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"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-74",
"CWE-94"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2021-03-03T01:49:22Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2021-03-03T02:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "### Impact\n\nIf a remote attacker was able to control the `pretty` option of the pug compiler, e.g. if you spread a user provided object such as the query parameters of a request into the pug template inputs, it was possible for them to achieve remote code execution on the node.js backend.\n\n### Patches\n\nUpgrade to `pug@3.0.1` or `pug-code-gen@3.0.2` or `pug-code-gen@2.0.3`, which correctly sanitise the parameter.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nIf there is no way for un-trusted input to be passed to pug as the `pretty` option, e.g. if you compile templates in advance before applying user input to them, you do not need to upgrade.\n\n### References\n\n\nOriginal report: https://github.com/pugjs/pug/issues/3312\n\n### For more information\n\nIf you believe you have found other vulnerabilities, please **DO NOT** open an issue. Instead, you can follow the instructions in our [Security Policy](https://github.com/pugjs/pug/blob/master/SECURITY.md)",
"id": "GHSA-p493-635q-r6gr",
"modified": "2025-04-16T22:09:45Z",
"published": "2021-03-03T02:03:52Z",
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"url": "https://github.com/pugjs/pug/releases/tag/pug%403.0.1"
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"url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/pug"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"summary": "Remote code execution via the `pretty` option."
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GHSA-P498-Q357-M3P7
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 01:37 – Updated: 2022-05-14 01:37A code injection vulnerability in /type.php in PHPCMS 2008 allows attackers to write arbitrary content to a website cache file with a controllable filename, leading to arbitrary code execution. The PHP code is sent via the template parameter, and is written to a data/cache_template/*.tpl.php file along with a "<?php function " substring.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2018-19127"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-94"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2018-11-09T12:29:00Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "A code injection vulnerability in /type.php in PHPCMS 2008 allows attackers to write arbitrary content to a website cache file with a controllable filename, leading to arbitrary code execution. The PHP code is sent via the template parameter, and is written to a data/cache_template/*.tpl.php file along with a \"\u003c?php function \" substring.",
"id": "GHSA-p498-q357-m3p7",
"modified": "2022-05-14T01:37:01Z",
"published": "2022-05-14T01:37:01Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19127"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ab1gale/phpcms-2008-CVE-2018-19127"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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]
}
Mitigation
Strategy: Refactoring
Refactor your program so that you do not have to dynamically generate code.
Mitigation
- Run your code in a "jail" or similar sandbox environment that enforces strict boundaries between the process and the operating system. This may effectively restrict which code can be executed by your product.
- Examples include the Unix chroot jail and AppArmor. In general, managed code may provide some protection.
- This may not be a feasible solution, and it only limits the impact to the operating system; the rest of your application may still be subject to compromise.
- Be careful to avoid CWE-243 and other weaknesses related to jails.
Mitigation MIT-5
Strategy: Input Validation
- Assume all input is malicious. Use an "accept known good" input validation strategy, i.e., use a list of acceptable inputs that strictly conform to specifications. Reject any input that does not strictly conform to specifications, or transform it into something that does.
- When performing input validation, consider all potentially relevant properties, including length, type of input, the full range of acceptable values, missing or extra inputs, syntax, consistency across related fields, and conformance to business rules. As an example of business rule logic, "boat" may be syntactically valid because it only contains alphanumeric characters, but it is not valid if the input is only expected to contain colors such as "red" or "blue."
- Do not rely exclusively on looking for malicious or malformed inputs. This is likely to miss at least one undesirable input, especially if the code's environment changes. This can give attackers enough room to bypass the intended validation. However, denylists can be useful for detecting potential attacks or determining which inputs are so malformed that they should be rejected outright.
- To reduce the likelihood of code injection, use stringent allowlists that limit which constructs are allowed. If you are dynamically constructing code that invokes a function, then verifying that the input is alphanumeric might be insufficient. An attacker might still be able to reference a dangerous function that you did not intend to allow, such as system(), exec(), or exit().
Mitigation
Use dynamic tools and techniques that interact with the product using large test suites with many diverse inputs, such as fuzz testing (fuzzing), robustness testing, and fault injection. The product's operation may slow down, but it should not become unstable, crash, or generate incorrect results.
Mitigation MIT-32
Strategy: Compilation or Build Hardening
Run the code in an environment that performs automatic taint propagation and prevents any command execution that uses tainted variables, such as Perl's "-T" switch. This will force the program to perform validation steps that remove the taint, although you must be careful to correctly validate your inputs so that you do not accidentally mark dangerous inputs as untainted (see CWE-183 and CWE-184).
Mitigation MIT-32
Strategy: Environment Hardening
Run the code in an environment that performs automatic taint propagation and prevents any command execution that uses tainted variables, such as Perl's "-T" switch. This will force the program to perform validation steps that remove the taint, although you must be careful to correctly validate your inputs so that you do not accidentally mark dangerous inputs as untainted (see CWE-183 and CWE-184).
Mitigation
For Python programs, it is frequently encouraged to use the ast.literal_eval() function instead of eval, since it is intentionally designed to avoid executing code. However, an adversary could still cause excessive memory or stack consumption via deeply nested structures [REF-1372], so the python documentation discourages use of ast.literal_eval() on untrusted data [REF-1373].
CAPEC-242: Code Injection
An adversary exploits a weakness in input validation on the target to inject new code into that which is currently executing. This differs from code inclusion in that code inclusion involves the addition or replacement of a reference to a code file, which is subsequently loaded by the target and used as part of the code of some application.
CAPEC-35: Leverage Executable Code in Non-Executable Files
An attack of this type exploits a system's trust in configuration and resource files. When the executable loads the resource (such as an image file or configuration file) the attacker has modified the file to either execute malicious code directly or manipulate the target process (e.g. application server) to execute based on the malicious configuration parameters. Since systems are increasingly interrelated mashing up resources from local and remote sources the possibility of this attack occurring is high.
CAPEC-77: Manipulating User-Controlled Variables
This attack targets user controlled variables (DEBUG=1, PHP Globals, and So Forth). An adversary can override variables leveraging user-supplied, untrusted query variables directly used on the application server without any data sanitization. In extreme cases, the adversary can change variables controlling the business logic of the application. For instance, in languages like PHP, a number of poorly set default configurations may allow the user to override variables.