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CVE Record
[ CRITICAL ]CVE-2017-9841

PHPUnit Command Injection Vulnerability

PHPUnit 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.

cat cve-2017-9841.json
Vendor
PHPUnit
Product
PHPUnit
CVSS
9.8
EPSS (exploit probability)
100.0%
Status
kev
CISA patch-by (BOD 22-01)
Published
Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9841

PHPUnit 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.

Added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-02-15. Required action per CISA: Apply updates per vendor instructions. Due date: 2022-08-15.

This is an auto-synced KEV catalog record pending a full 0dayNews write-up — see CISA’s KEV catalog and the NVD record linked above for primary sources.