CVE-2021-23420 (GCVE-0-2021-23420)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-11 12:15 – Updated: 2024-09-16 17:33
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Summary
This affects the package codeception/codeception from 4.0.0 and before 4.1.22, before 3.1.3. The RunProcess class can be leveraged as a gadget to run arbitrary commands on a system that is deserializing user input without validation.
Severity
CWE
- Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/JinYiTong/poc | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PHP-CODECEPTIONCODECEPT… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/Codeception/Codeception/blob/4… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/Codeception/Codeception/pull/6241 | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | codeception/codeception |
Affected:
4.0.0 , < unspecified
(custom)
Affected: unspecified , < 4.1.22 (custom) Affected: unspecified , < 3.1.3 (custom) |
Date Public
2021-08-11 00:00
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