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CVE-2017-9841 — Actively Exploited: PHPUnit (PHPUnit)

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.

CVE IDCVE-2017-9841
VendorPHPUnit
ProductPHPUnit
Vulnerability namePHPUnit Command Injection Vulnerability
Date added2022-02-15
Remediation due2022-08-15
Known ransomware useUnknown
Required actionApply updates per vendor instructions.
DescriptionPHPUnit 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.
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