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Moodle: (CVE-2017-9841): MSA-17-0020: Admins may not know that exposing vendor directory is a security risk

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Moodle: (CVE-2017-9841): MSA-17-0020: Admins may not know that exposing vendor directory is a security risk

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/27/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/19/2017
Modified
01/12/2023

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.

Solution(s)

  • moodle-upgrade-latest

References

  • CVE-2017-9841

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