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CVE-2017-9841: Code Injection in PHPUnit

March 26, 2022 (updated February 7, 2025)

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.

References

  • github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/phpunit/phpunit/CVE-2017-9841.yaml
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-r7c9-c69m-rph8
  • github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit
  • github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/commit/284a69fb88a2d0845d23f42974a583d8f59bf5a5
  • github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/commit/3aaddb1c5bd9b9b8d070b4cf120e71c36fd08412
  • github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/pull/1955
  • github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/pull/1956
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9841
  • security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-15
  • www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 4.8.19 before 4.8.28, all versions starting from 5.0.10 before 5.6.3

Fixed versions

  • 4.8.28
  • 5.6.3

Solution

Upgrade to versions 4.8.28, 5.6.3 or above.

Impact 9.8 CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Source file

packagist/phpunit/phpunit/CVE-2017-9841.yml

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