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Code injection occurs when an application accepts user input and passes it directly into a language interpreter or evaluator without proper sanitization.

How It Works

Code injection occurs when an application accepts user input and passes it directly into a language interpreter or evaluator without proper sanitization. Unlike command injection (which targets the OS shell), code injection exploits the application's own scripting engine—Python's eval(), PHP's eval(), JavaScript's eval(), Ruby's instance_eval(), or similar dynamic execution functions. The attacker crafts input that, when interpreted, executes arbitrary code within the application's runtime context.

Common attack vectors include server-side template engines where user input reaches expression evaluators, configuration files that are dynamically loaded and executed, code validators that ironically execute the code they're supposed to check, and endpoints that process serialized objects or callable definitions. In Python applications, decorators evaluated at class definition time present particularly dangerous targets since they execute before any runtime validation occurs.

The exploitation chain typically begins with identifying an endpoint that processes structured input—API parameters, file uploads, configuration snippets. The attacker then crafts payloads that break out of intended data contexts into executable code contexts. For instance, injecting @os.system('whoami') as a decorator definition, or embedding {{ ''.__class__.__mro__[1].__subclasses__() }} in template syntax to access Python internals and escalate to operating system commands.

Impact

  • Complete server compromise — execute arbitrary Python, PHP, Ruby, or JavaScript code with application privileges
  • Operating system command execution — break out from language runtime to system shell via subprocess calls
  • Data exfiltration — read database credentials, environment variables, source code, and business data
  • Persistence establishment — modify application files, inject backdoors, create scheduled tasks
  • Lateral movement — leverage server access to attack internal network resources and connected services

Real-World Examples

A critical vulnerability in Langflow, a popular AI workflow framework with over 50,000 GitHub stars, exposed an unauthenticated /api/v1/validate/code endpoint meant to check Python code safety. Attackers discovered they could inject malicious decorators into class definitions. Since Python evaluates decorators at class definition time-before the AST validation logic even ran-the payload executed immediately when passed to exec(). This provided complete remote code execution without authentication.

Web template engines frequently suffer from code injection when developers allow user content in template expressions. An attacker might inject {{7*7}} to test for evaluation, then escalate to {{config.items()}} to dump Flask configuration, ultimately reaching {{''.__class__.__bases__[0].__subclasses__()}} to navigate Python's object hierarchy and invoke system commands.

Configuration management systems that dynamically import or evaluate user-supplied configuration have enabled attackers to inject executable code disguised as YAML anchors, JSON with embedded expressions, or INI files with interpreted sections.

Mitigation

  • Eliminate dynamic code execution — refactor to use data-driven approaches instead of eval(), exec(), Function(), or similar constructs
  • Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) allowlisting — if code execution is unavoidable, parse input into AST and validate against a strict allowlist of permitted operations before execution
  • Sandboxed execution environments — use restricted interpreters (Python's RestrictedPython), containers, or separate processes with minimal privileges
  • Remove or authenticate debug/validation endpoints — code validators and test endpoints are prime targets
  • Input type enforcement — accept only serialized data formats (JSON, Protocol Buffers) that cannot contain executable code
  • Defense in depth — run application with minimal OS privileges, use network segmentation, monitor for unusual subprocess creation

Recent CVEs (5851)

EPSS 45% 5.8 CVSS 7.2
HIGH POC KEV EUVD KEV THREAT Act Now

Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) contains an authenticated code injection in the API component, allowing authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code through crafted API requests.

RCE Code Injection Ivanti +1
NVD
EPSS 17% CVSS 8.7
HIGH KEV THREAT Act Now

Commvault Web Server allows authenticated remote attackers to create and execute webshells, exploited in the wild alongside CVE-2025-34028 for comprehensive backup infrastructure compromise.

RCE Microsoft Code Injection +1
NVD
EPSS 79% 7.4 CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

Craft CMS versions 3.x through 5.x contain a critical remote code execution vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code on the server, actively exploited in the wild before patches were released.

RCE Code Injection Craft Cms +1
NVD GitHub VulDB Exploit-DB
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.6
HIGH KEV THREAT Act Now

Brocade Fabric OS 9.1.0 through 9.1.1d6 contains a code injection vulnerability that allows local admin users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges despite root access being removed.

RCE Code Injection Broadcom +1
NVD
EPSS 78% 5.8 CVSS 9.9
CRITICAL POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

pgAdmin 4 contains critical remote code execution vulnerabilities in the Query Tool download and Cloud Deployment endpoints. The query_commited and high_availability parameters are passed directly to Python's eval() function, allowing authenticated users to execute arbitrary Python code on the pgAdmin server.

RCE Python Code Injection +3
NVD GitHub
EPSS 67% 5.5 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

An issue was discovered in Appsmith before 1.52. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 67.3% and no vendor patch available.

RCE Docker PostgreSQL +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 94% 7.8 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

XWiki Platform allows unauthenticated remote code execution through the SolrSearch endpoint, enabling guests to execute arbitrary code and compromise the entire XWiki installation.

RCE Code Injection Xwiki
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 58% 4.3 CVSS 5.3
MEDIUM POC THREAT This Month

Sitecore Experience Manager (XM) and Experience Platform (XP) 10.4 before KB1002844 allow remote code execution through insecure deserialization. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 57.6%.

RCE Deserialization Code Injection
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 53% 5.0 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

Due to reliance on a trivial substitution cipher, sent in cleartext, and the reliance on a default password when the user does not set a password, the Remote Mouse Server by Emote Interactive can be. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 52.6%.

Code Injection
NVD GitHub
EPSS 19% CVSS 8.0
HIGH KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

Craft CMS 4 and 5 contain a remote code execution vulnerability exploitable when the application's security key has been compromised, allowing attackers with the key to execute arbitrary code on the server.

RCE Code Injection Craft Cms +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 45% 4.2 CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC THREAT This Month

In Code-Projects Online Car Rental System 1.0, the file upload feature does not validate file extensions or MIME types allowing an attacker to upload a PHP shell without any restrictions and execute. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Epss exploitation probability 45.1% and no vendor patch available.

PHP RCE Code Injection +3
NVD GitHub
EPSS 97% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

Craft is a flexible, user-friendly CMS for creating custom digital experiences on the web and beyond. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

RCE Code Injection Craft Cms +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 83% CVSS 8.1
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

A flaw was found in Moodle. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. No vendor patch available.

RCE Code Injection Moodle
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 98% 6.3 CVSS 9.4
CRITICAL POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

The SQL Expressions experimental feature of Grafana allows for the evaluation of `duckdb` queries containing user input. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Command Injection Code Injection +1
NVD
EPSS 90% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

The porte_plume plugin used by SPIP before 4.30-alpha2, 4.2.13, and 4.1.16 is vulnerable to an arbitrary code execution vulnerability. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

PHP RCE Code Injection
NVD
EPSS 42% CVSS 7.2
HIGH POC KEV THREAT This Week

A vulnerability in the Mitel 6800 Series, 6900 Series, and 6900w Series SIP Phones, including the 6970 Conference Unit, through R6.4.0.HF1 (R6.4.0.136) could allow an authenticated attacker with. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Code Injection 6970 Firmware 6873I Sip Firmware +14
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 100% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

GeoServer is an open source server that allows users to share and edit geospatial data. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

RCE Code Injection Geoserver +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 5% CVSS 5.3
MEDIUM POC This Month

An issue in the component js2py.disable_pyimport() of js2py up to v0.74 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted API call. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Code Injection
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 88% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in Codeer Limited Bricks Builder allows Code Injection.9.6. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Code Injection
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 99% 7.9 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV THREAT Emergency

Rejetto HTTP File Server, up to and including version 2.3m, is vulnerable to a template injection vulnerability. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Code Injection Ssti Http File Server +1
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB VulDB
EPSS 88% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

This High severity RCE (Remote Code Execution) vulnerability was introduced in version 5.2 of Confluence Data Center and Server. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Code Injection Atlassian +7
NVD
EPSS 0% 6.2 CVSS 6.0
MEDIUM POC KEV THREAT This Month

A vulnerability in a legacy capability that allowed for the preloading of VPN clients and plug-ins and that has been available in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an...

RCE Cisco Code Injection +2
NVD
EPSS 16% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

An issue in WWBN AVideo v.12.4 through v.14.2 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the systemRootPath parameter of the submitIndex.php component. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

PHP RCE Code Injection +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 30% CVSS 7.6
HIGH KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.6), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Code Injection vulnerability could allow attackers to inject and execute arbitrary code within the application.

RCE Microsoft Code Injection +12
NVD
EPSS 44% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

Use of a Third Party library produced a vulnerability in Barracuda Networks Inc. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Code Injection Barracuda Email Security Gateway 300 Firmware +4
NVD GitHub
EPSS 17% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

Spreadsheet::ParseExcel version 0.65 is a Perl module used for parsing Excel files. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

RCE Code Injection Debian +4
NVD GitHub
EPSS 93% 6.3 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

The Backup Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.7 via the /includes/backup-heart.php file. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 93.3%.

PHP WordPress RCE +4
NVD Exploit-DB VulDB
EPSS 95% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

Pre-auth RCE in Apache Ofbiz 18.12.09. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

RCE Apache Code Injection +1
NVD
EPSS 14% CVSS 7.2
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

An issue was discovered in ISPConfig before 3.2.11p1. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Code Injection vulnerability could allow attackers to inject and execute arbitrary code within the application.

PHP RCE Code Injection +1
NVD
EPSS 5% CVSS 7.2
HIGH KEV THREAT This Week

A vulnerability in the 3rd party AV uninstaller module contained in Trend Micro Apex One (on-prem and SaaS), Worry-Free Business Security and Worry-Free Business Security Services could allow an. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Trend Micro Code Injection +3
NVD
EPSS 93% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

Craft CMS is a platform for creating digital experiences. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Code Injection vulnerability could allow attackers to inject and execute arbitrary code within the application.

RCE Code Injection Craft Cms +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 94% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV THREAT Emergency

A PHP External Variable Modification vulnerability in J-Web of Juniper Networks Junos OS on EX Series and SRX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to remotely execute code. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

PHP Code Injection Juniper +1
NVD
EPSS 57% 5.0 CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

An issue in Eramba Limited Eramba Enterprise and Community edition v.3.19.1 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the path parameter in the URL. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 57.4%.

RCE Code Injection Eramba
NVD VulDB
EPSS 94% 9.8 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV EUVD KEV THREAT Emergency

Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway contain an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability exploited massively in summer 2023, with thousands of appliances compromised before patches were applied.

RCE Code Injection Citrix +2
NVD
EPSS 64% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

The DBCPConnectionPool and HikariCPConnectionPool Controller Services in Apache NiFi 0.0.2 through 1.21.0 allow an authenticated and authorized user to configure a Database URL with the H2 driver. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Apache Code Injection +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 97% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

For RocketMQ versions 5.1.0 and below, under certain conditions, there is a risk of remote command execution. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Apache Code Injection +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 85% CVSS 7.2
HIGH POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

Microsoft SharePoint Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Code Injection vulnerability could allow attackers to inject and execute arbitrary code within the application.

RCE Microsoft Code Injection +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL KEV THREAT Act Now

Novi Survey before 8.9.43676 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on the server in the context of the service account. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Code Injection Novi Survey
NVD
EPSS 95% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

Ruckus Wireless Admin through 10.4 allows Remote Code Execution via an unauthenticated HTTP GET Request, as demonstrated by a /forms/doLogin?login_username=admin&password=password$(curl substring. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

RCE Code Injection Ruckus Smartzone Firmware +4
NVD
EPSS 96% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

Code Injection in GitHub repository pyload/pyload prior to 0.5.0b3.dev31. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

RCE Code Injection Pyload
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 80% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC KEV THREAT Act Now

In SugarCRM before 12.0. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

PHP Code Injection Sugarcrm
NVD
EPSS 11% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM KEV THREAT This Month

The Director database component of MiVoice Connect through 19.3 (22.22.6100.0) could allow an authenticated attacker to conduct a code-injection attack via crafted data due to insufficient. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Code Injection Mivoice Connect +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 14% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.2.9, 8.1.12, and 9.0.2, an authenticated user can execute arbitrary code through the dashboard PDF generation component. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Code Injection Splunk +1
NVD
EPSS 100% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

Apache Commons Text performs variable interpolation, allowing properties to be dynamically evaluated and expanded. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Apache Code Injection +5
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 99% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV THREAT Act Now

A code injection vulnerability in the User Portal and Webadmin allows a remote attacker to execute code in Sophos Firewall version v19.0 MR1 and older. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Code Injection Firewall +1
NVD
EPSS 100% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

/vendor/htmlawed/htmlawed/htmLawedTest.php in the htmlawed module for GLPI through 10.0.2 allows PHP code injection. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

PHP Code Injection Glpi +1
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 85% 7.1 CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC KEV THREAT Act Now

Zimbra Collaboration (aka ZCS) 8.8.15 and 9.0 allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject arbitrary memcache commands into a targeted instance. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Code Injection Zimbra Collaboration Suite Synacor
NVD VulDB
EPSS 99% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

JAI-EXT is an open-source project which aims to extend the Java Advanced Imaging (JAI) API. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Code Injection vulnerability could allow attackers to inject and execute arbitrary code within the application.

RCE Java Code Injection +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 100% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV THREAT Emergency

VMware Workspace ONE Access and Identity Manager contain a remote code execution vulnerability due to server-side template injection. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Code Injection VMware +5
NVD
EPSS 100% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

A Spring MVC or Spring WebFlux application running on JDK 9+ may be vulnerable to remote code execution (RCE) via data binding. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

RCE Java Cisco +44
NVD VulDB HeroDevs
EPSS 100% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

In Spring Cloud Function versions 3.1.6, 3.2.2 and older unsupported versions, when using routing functionality it is possible for a user to provide a specially crafted SpEL as a routing-expression. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

RCE Java Code Injection +30
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 78% CVSS 7.2
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

MyBB is a free and open source forum software. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

PHP RCE Code Injection +1
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 98% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

In spring cloud gateway versions prior to 3.1.1+ and 3.0.7+ , applications are vulnerable to a code injection attack when the Gateway Actuator endpoint is enabled, exposed and unsecured. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

RCE Java Code Injection +12
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 74% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

Sourcegraph is a code search and navigation engine. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

RCE Code Injection Sourcegraph
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 99% 7.9 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

A code injection vulnerability in the Ivanti EPM Cloud Services Appliance (CSA) allows an unauthenticated user to execute arbitrary code with limited permissions (nobody). Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

RCE Code Injection Ivanti +1
NVD Exploit-DB VulDB
EPSS 98% CVSS 8.5
HIGH POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

XStream is a simple library to serialize objects to XML and back again. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available.

RCE Code Injection Debian +18
NVD GitHub
EPSS 14% CVSS 7.2
HIGH KEV THREAT This Week

A vulnerability allowed multiple unrestricted uploads in Pulse Connect Secure before 9.1R11.4 that could lead to an authenticated administrator to perform a file write via a maliciously crafted. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Code Injection Ivanti +3
NVD
EPSS 41% CVSS 8.8
HIGH KEV THREAT This Week

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Pulse Connect Secure before 9.1R11.4 allows a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code as the root user via maliciously crafted meeting room. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Code Injection +2
NVD
EPSS 30% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

Microsoft SharePoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

RCE Microsoft Code Injection +3
NVD
EPSS 100% 8.0 CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL POC KEV THREAT Emergency

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 11.9. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Gitlab Code Injection
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 100% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

Improper neutralization of user data in the DjVu file format in ExifTool versions 7.44 and up allows arbitrary code execution when parsing the malicious image. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

RCE Code Injection Debian +5
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 67% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

openmediavault before 4.1.36 and 5.x before 5.5.12 allows authenticated PHP code injection attacks, via the sortfield POST parameter of rpc.php, because json_encode_safe is not used in. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

PHP RCE Code Injection +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 91% CVSS 7.2
HIGH KEV THREAT This Week

A vulnerability in the Pulse Connect Secure < 9.1R8.2 admin web interface could allow an authenticated attacker to upload custom template to perform an arbitrary code execution. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Code Injection Ivanti +2
NVD
EPSS 33% CVSS 7.2
HIGH POC KEV THREAT This Week

A code injection vulnerability exists in Pulse Connect Secure <9.1R8 that allows an attacker to crafted a URI to perform an arbitrary code execution via the admin web interface. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Code Injection Ivanti +4
NVD
EPSS 18% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

Kibana versions 6.7.0 to 6.8.8 and 7.0.0 to 7.6.2 contain a prototype pollution flaw in the Upgrade Assistant. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Code Injection Elastic +1
NVD
EPSS 99% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

Sonatype Nexus Repository before 3.21.2 allows JavaEL Injection (issue 1 of 2). Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Code Injection Nexus Sonatype
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 72% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

Horde Groupware Webmail Edition 5.2.22 allows injection of arbitrary PHP code via CSV data, leading to remote code execution. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

PHP RCE Code Injection +6
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 87% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV THREAT Emergency

PlaySMS before 1.4.3 does not sanitize inputs from a malicious string. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Code Injection Playsms
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 85% CVSS 9.9
CRITICAL POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

mongo-express before 0.54.0 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via endpoints that uses the `toBSON` method. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Code Injection Mongo Express +1
NVD
EPSS 86% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

IBM Planning Analytics 2.0.0 through 2.0.8 is vulnerable to a configuration overwrite that allows an unauthenticated user to login as "admin", and then execute code as root or SYSTEM via TM1. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

RCE IBM Code Injection +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 100% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV THREAT Emergency

vBulletin 5.x through 5.5.4 allows remote command execution via the widgetConfig[code] parameter in an ajax/render/widget_php routestring request. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Code Injection Vbulletin
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 85% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV THREAT Act Now

There was a server-side template injection vulnerability in Jira Server and Data Center, in the ContactAdministrators and the SendBulkMail actions. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Code Injection Atlassian Jira Server
NVD
EPSS 84% CVSS 7.2
HIGH POC KEV PATCH THREAT This Week

In Apache Solr, the DataImportHandler, an optional but popular module to pull in data from databases and other sources, has a feature in which the whole DIH configuration can come from a request's. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Code Injection vulnerability could allow attackers to inject and execute arbitrary code within the application.

RCE Apache Java +4
NVD
EPSS 81% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

/web/Lib/Action/IndexAction.class.php in D-Link Central WiFi Manager CWM(100) before v1.03R0100_BETA6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a cookie because a cookie's username. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

PHP RCE D-Link +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 95% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL POC KEV THREAT Emergency

Kibana versions before 5.6.15 and 6.6.1 contain an arbitrary code execution flaw in the Timelion visualizer. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Code Injection Red Hat +3
NVD
EPSS 97% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC KEV THREAT Act Now

ThinkPHP before 3.2.4, as used in Open Source BMS v1.1.1 and other products, allows Remote Command Execution via. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Code Injection Thinkphp +3
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 95% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

University of Washington IMAP Toolkit 2007f on UNIX, as used in imap_open() in PHP and other products, launches an rsh command (by means of the imap_rimap function in c-client/imap4r1.c and the. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

PHP Code Injection Debian +5
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 74% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

The RichFaces Framework 3.X through 3.3.4 is vulnerable to Expression Language (EL) injection via the UserResource resource. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Java Code Injection +3
NVD
EPSS 59% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC THREAT Emergency

An issue was discovered in Snap Creek Duplicator before 1.2.42. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

PHP RCE Code Injection +2
NVD
EPSS 99% 7.9 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

A remote code execution vulnerability exists within multiple subsystems of Drupal 7.x and 8.x. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

RCE Code Injection Debian +2
NVD Exploit-DB VulDB
EPSS 94% CVSS 8.1
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

From Apache Tika versions 1.7 to 1.17, clients could send carefully crafted headers to tika-server that could be used to inject commands into the command line of the server running tika-server. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Apache Code Injection Tika
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 96% 7.8 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

Spring Data Commons, versions prior to 1.13 to 1.13.10, 2.0 to 2.0.5, and older unsupported versions, contain a property binder vulnerability caused by improper neutralization of special elements. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Actively exploited in the wild (cisa kev) and public exploit code available.

RCE Apache Java +8
NVD VulDB
EPSS 74% 5.5 CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC THREAT Act Now

An issue was discovered in Enalean Tuleap 9.6 and prior versions. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 73.9%.

PHP RCE Deserialization +3
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 45% 4.8 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

CodeIgniter before 3.0 and Kohana 3.2.3 and earlier and 3.3.x through 3.3.2 make it easier for remote attackers to spoof session cookies and consequently conduct PHP object injection attacks by. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 44.8%.

PHP Code Injection Codeigniter +2
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 94% 9.4 CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

Remote code execution in Microsoft .NET Framework versions 2.0 through 4.7 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via malicious documents or applications. This vulnerability is confirmed actively exploited (CISA KEV) and carries an EPSS exploitation probability of 93.97% (100th percentile), indicating near-certain real-world targeting. Public exploit code is available from multiple sources including GitHub repositories. The attack requires local access and user interaction (opening a weaponized document), but no authentication, making it highly effective in phishing and watering hole campaigns.

RCE Microsoft Code Injection
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 94% 7.6 CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

DNN (aka DotNetNuke) before 9.1.1 has Remote Code Execution via a cookie, aka "2017-08 (Critical) Possible remote code execution on DNN sites.". Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Actively exploited in the wild (cisa kev) and public exploit code available.

RCE Code Injection Dotnetnuke +1
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 94% 7.8 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

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. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Actively exploited in the wild (cisa kev) and public exploit code available.

PHP RCE Code Injection +4
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 94% 7.8 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

Samba since version 3.5.0 and before 4.6.4, 4.5.10 and 4.4.14 is vulnerable to remote code execution vulnerability, allowing a malicious client to upload a shared library to a writable share, and. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Actively exploited in the wild (cisa kev) and public exploit code available.

RCE Code Injection Debian +2
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 42% 4.5 CVSS 8.8
HIGH KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer does not properly enforce cross-domain policies, which could allow an attacker to access information from one domain and inject. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Actively exploited in the wild (cisa kev) and EPSS exploitation probability 42.1%.

Microsoft Code Injection
NVD
EPSS 89% 6.1 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

The remoting module in Jenkins before 2.32 and LTS before 2.19.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized Java object, which triggers an LDAP query to a third-party. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 89.2%.

RCE Java LDAP +4
NVD Exploit-DB VulDB
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