FKIE_CVE-2017-9841

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-06-27 17:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:29
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://web.archive.org/web/20170701212357/http://phpunit.vulnbusters.com/Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101798Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039812Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/commit/284a69fb88a2d0845d23f42974a583d8f59bf5a5Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/pull/1956Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-15Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://web.archive.org/web/20170701212357/http://phpunit.vulnbusters.com/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101798Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039812Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/commit/284a69fb88a2d0845d23f42974a583d8f59bf5a5Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/pull/1956Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-15Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-9841US Government Resource
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
phpunit_project phpunit *
phpunit_project phpunit *
oracle communications_diameter_signaling_router *
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