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The Persistent Threat of PHPUnit’s eval-stdin.php (CVE-2017-9841)

• If REQUEST_METHOD is GET, POST, PUT, or DELETE originating from a web server context (and not CLI), the script returns http_response_code(403) and exits.
• This renders the "index of" exposure useless for exploitation.

curl -k -I https://yoursite.com/vendor/phpunit/phpunit/src/Util/PHP/eval-stdin.php

• The exact source from your installed vendor folder, say which PHPUnit version and I can explain differences.
• A security review or suggestions to harden it.
• A version that writes to a temp file instead of using eval(). Tell me which and I’ll provide it.

Why is this a security risk?

This file is intended for testing purposes only — specifically, to allow PHPUnit to evaluate code in a separate PHP process. However, if this file is accidentally exposed on a production web server, an attacker can: The Persistent Threat of PHPUnit’s eval-stdin