# CVE-2017-7981: Tuleap before 9.7 allows command injection via the PhpWiki 1.3.10 SyntaxHighlighter plugin.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2017-04-29 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Tuleap before 9.7 allows command injection via the PhpWiki 1.3.10 SyntaxHighlighter plugin. This occurs in the Project Wiki component because the proc_open PHP function is used within PhpWiki before 1.5.5 with a syntax value in its first argument, and an authenticated Tuleap user can control this value, even with shell metacharacters, as demonstrated by a '<?plugin SyntaxHighlighter syntax="c;id"' line to execute the id command.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://tuleap.net/file/shownotes.php?release_id=137#/linked-artifacts
- https://github.com/xdrr/vulnerability-research/blob/master/webapp/tuleap/2017.04.tuleap-auth-ci.md
- https://tuleap.net/plugins/tracker/?aid=10159
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41953/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41953

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