CVE-2025-57285: CodeceptJS's incomprehensive sanitation can lead to Command Injection

September 8, 2025 (updated September 10, 2025)

CodeceptJS 3.7.3 contains a command injection vulnerability in the emptyFolder function (lib/utils.js). The execSync command directly concatenates the user-controlled directoryPath parameter without sanitization or escaping, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

References

gist.github.com/Dremig/1ba111f9b1f7cffe1fcb4838b64e55b9
github.com/advisories/GHSA-34w8-mcwr-vg29
github.com/codeceptjs/CodeceptJS
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-57285
www.npmjs.com/

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