PT-2021-15508 · Unknown · Codeception/Codeception

Davertmik + 2 · Published 2021-08-11 · Updated 2021-09-01 · CVE-2021-23420

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

10

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions codeception/codeception versions 4.0.0 through 4.1.21 codeception/codeception versions prior to 3.1.3

Description The issue affects systems that deserialize user input without validation, allowing the RunProcess class to be leveraged as a gadget to run arbitrary commands.

Recommendations For versions 4.0.0 through 4.1.21, update to version 4.1.22 or later. For versions prior to 3.1.3, update to version 3.1.3 or later. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the RunProcess class until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-502

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-23420

GHSA-4574-QV3W-FCMG

SNYK-PHP-CODECEPTIONCODECEPTION-1324585

Affected Products

Codeception/Codeception

References · 16

• 🔥 https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/codeception/codeception/CVE-2021-23420.yaml · Exploit
• 🔥❌ https://github.com/JinYiTong/poc · Exploit, Deleted
• https://github.com/Codeception/Codeception/pull/6241 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-23420 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-4574-qv3w-fcmg · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23420 · Security Note
• https://github.com/Codeception/Codeception/blob/4.1/ext/RunProcess.php%23L52 · Note
• https://github.com/Codeception/Codeception/commit/802a108057d250ee563120eaa5365a519afc0a71 · Note
• https://github.com/Codeception/Codeception/blob/4.1/CHANGELOG-4.x.md#4122 · Note
• https://github.com/Codeception/Codeception/commit/cbce9ea7f4664052fa1ac6b36f5b5a6dbd864d71 · Note
• https://github.com/Codeception/Codeception · Note
• https://github.com/Codeception/Codeception/blob/4.1/ext/RunProcess.php#L52 · Note
• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PHP-CODECEPTIONCODECEPTION-1324585 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/19099 · Telegram Post
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4574-qv3w-fcmg · Note