CVE-2025-57285: CodeceptJS's incomprehensive sanitation can lead to Command Injection
CodeceptJS versions 3.5.0 through 3.7.5-beta.18 contain a command injection vulnerability in the emptyFolder function (lib/utils.js). The execSync command directly concatenates the user-controlled directoryPath parameter without sanitization or escaping, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary commands.
Published Sep 8, 2025 · Updated Sep 23, 2025
Affected packages
codeceptjs
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Affected
- >= 3.5.0, < 3.7.5
- Fixed in
- 3.7.5
- Check
npm ls codeceptjs
Advisory details
From the GitHub Advisory Database (CC BY 4.0).
CodeceptJS versions 3.5.0 through 3.7.5-beta.18 contain a command injection vulnerability in the emptyFolder function (lib/utils.js). The execSync command directly concatenates the user-controlled directoryPath parameter without sanitization or escaping, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary commands.
Credited to mhassan1.
References
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