ghsa-r7c9-c69m-rph8
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-03-26 00:19
Modified
2025-10-22 17:32
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H
Summary
Code Injection in PHPUnit
Details

Util/PHP/eval-stdin.php in PHPUnit starting with 4.8.19 and before 4.8.28, as well as 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.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "phpunit/phpunit"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "4.8.19"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.8.28"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "phpunit/phpunit"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "5.0.10"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "5.6.3"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-9841"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-94"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2022-03-26T00:19:30Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-06-27T17:29:00Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "Util/PHP/eval-stdin.php in PHPUnit starting with 4.8.19 and before 4.8.28, as well as 5.x before 5.6.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via HTTP POST data beginning with a `\u003c?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.",
  "id": "GHSA-r7c9-c69m-rph8",
  "modified": "2025-10-22T17:32:06Z",
  "published": "2022-03-26T00:19:30Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9841"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/pull/1955"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/pull/1956"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/commit/284a69fb88a2d0845d23f42974a583d8f59bf5a5"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/commit/3aaddb1c5bd9b9b8d070b4cf120e71c36fd08412"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/phpunit/phpunit/CVE-2017-9841.yaml"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-15"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-9841"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20170701212357/http://phpunit.vulnbusters.com"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101798"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039812"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Code Injection in PHPUnit"
}


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