ACTIVELY EXPLOITED3 sources verified·1 min read
By Lyrie Threat Intelligence·2/15/2022
CVE-2017-9841 added to CISA KEV: PHPUnit PHPUnit
Status: ✅ Confirmed exploited in the wild
Date added: 2022-02-15
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Due date: 2022-08-15
Why this matters
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.
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