CVE-2017-9841 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://web.archive.org/web/20170701212357/http://phpunit.vulnbusters.com/ http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101798 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039812 https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/commit/284a69fb88a2d0845d23f42974a583d8f59bf5a5 https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/pull/1956 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-15

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8