Dolibarr ERP CRM up to 7.0.3 GET Parameter check.php cmd code injection

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Dolibarr ERP CRM up to 7.0.3. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file check.php of the component GET Parameter Handler. Performing a manipulation of the argument cmd results in code injection. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-25357. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Dolibarr ERP CRM up to 7.0.3. This affects an unknown code of the file check.php of the component GET Parameter Handler. The manipulation of the argument cmd with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Dolibarr ERP CRM 7.0.3 contains a remote code evaluation vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code by injecting PHP code through the db_name parameter. Attackers can send a POST request to install/step1.php with malicious PHP code in the db_name parameter, then execute commands via the check.php endpoint using the cmd GET parameter.

The weakness was published by Om3Rcitak as 44964. It is possible to read the advisory at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-25357 since 05/23/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:check.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (44964) and EUVD (EUVD-2018-21879). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Enterprise Resource Planning Software

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• Dolibarr

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• ERP CRM

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• 7.0.0
• 7.0.1
• 7.0.2
• 7.0.3

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• open-source

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