CVE-2025-57285

CodeceptJS's incomprehensive sanitation can lead to Command Injection

9.8 CriticalFix available

codeceptjs 3.7.3 contains 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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

2.17%Up 1.9 points since Sep 9, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used9.8

Record: CVE-2025-57285
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-77
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2025-271529.8

Record: EUVD-2025-27152
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-34w8-mcwr-vg299.8

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.

Record: GHSA-34w8-mcwr-vg29
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-77
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD9.8

Record: CVE-2025-57285
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-77
Updated: 2026-11-07

OSV9.8

Record: CVE-2025-57285
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-09

OSVGHSA-34w8-mcwr-vg299.8

CodeceptJS's incomprehensive sanitation can lead to Command Injection

Record: GHSA-34w8-mcwr-vg29
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-77
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

codecept codeceptjs

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`codeceptjs` npm	3.5.0 up to 3.7.5	3.7.5

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 7, 2026	facts	NVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2025-57285 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Codecept Codeceptjs, published September 8, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.17%, the 82nd percentile. Fixed in codeceptjs 3.7.5.