CVE-2017-9841
CRITICAL9.8⚠ KEVEPSS 94.2%Code Injection in PHPUnit
Published: 3/26/2022Modified: 5/27/2026Added to CISA KEV: 2/15/2022
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/phpunitfrom 0, < 5.4.6-2
- Packagist/phpunit/phpunit>= 4.8.19, < 4.8.28
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H |
References (14)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9841
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9841
- PATCHhttps://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit
- WEBhttps://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/phpunit/phpunit/CVE-2017-9841.yaml
- WEBhttps://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/commit/284a69fb88a2d0845d23f42974a583d8f59bf5a5
- WEBhttps://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/commit/3aaddb1c5bd9b9b8d070b4cf120e71c36fd08412
- WEBhttps://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/pull/1955
- WEBhttps://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/pull/1956
- WEBhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-15
- WEBhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-9841
- WEBhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- WEBhttp://web.archive.org/web/20170701212357/http://phpunit.vulnbusters.com
- WEBhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101798
- WEBhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039812