CVE-2023-28854 nophp vulnerable to shell command injection on httpd user when sending a password-setting mail or mail-login mail

High 8.0 Published Updated

Attackers can execute arbitrary shell commands as the httpd user via password-setting or mail-login emails in the nophp framework.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2023-28854?

CVE-2023-28854 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in paijp nophp, published on 3 Apr 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

nophp is a PHP web framework. Prior to version 0.0.1, nophp is vulnerable to shell command injection on httpd user. A patch was made available at commit e5409aa2d441789cbb35f6b119bef97ecc3986aa on 2023-03-30. Users should update index.php to 2023-03-30 or later or, as a workaround, add a function such as `env_patchsample230330.php` to env.php.

Weakness: CWE-77

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-28854?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nophp Project Nophp.

How do I fix CVE-2023-28854?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-28854 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2023-28854 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-28854 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-9858-q3c2-9wwm.

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