CVE-2017-7981

HIGH

Tuleap < 9.7 - Authenticated OS Command Injection via PhpWiki SyntaxHighlighter Plugin

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2017-7981. PoCs published by Ben Nott.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing a command injection vulnerability in Tuleap's PHPWiki plugin (SyntaxHighlighter). The vulnerability allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via the `syntax` parameter in wiki pages.

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Ben Nott · webappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41953

This is a writeup describing a command injection vulnerability in Tuleap's PHPWiki plugin (SyntaxHighlighter). The vulnerability allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via the `syntax` parameter in wiki pages.

Classification
Writeup 100%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Tuleap (versions >= 8.3 and <= 9.6.99.86)
Auth required
Prerequisites: Authenticated access to a Tuleap project with wiki functionality
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://tuleap.net/file/shownotes.php?release_id=137#/linked-artifacts
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://tuleap.net/plugins/tracker/?aid=10159
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41953/

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.1613
EPSS Percentile 96.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-78
Status published
Products (2)
enalean/tuleap < 9.7
phpwiki_project/phpwiki 1.3.10
Published Apr 29, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026