# CVE-2025-57285: CVE-2025-57285

Status: published. Published: 2025-09-08. Updated: 2026-11-07.

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.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- codecept / codeceptjs: 3.7.3 (affected, custom). Source: NVD

## NVD configuration conditions

Affected CPE matches depend on the following AND/OR and negation conditions:

```json
[
  {
    "negate": false,
    "nodes": [
      {
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:codecept:codeceptjs:3.7.3:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true
          }
        ],
        "negate": false,
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ],
    "operator": "OR"
  }
]
```

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 3.1: 9.8 (critical); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H; source: NVD: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: Not available

- SSVC: exploitation poc; automatable yes; technical impact total; source NVD SSVC: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

- Weaknesses: CWE-77

## Exploit evidence

- exploit: https://gist.github.com/Dremig/1ba111f9b1f7cffe1fcb4838b64e55b9 (cve@mitre.org)

## References

- https://gist.github.com/Dremig/1ba111f9b1f7cffe1fcb4838b64e55b9 (cve@mitre.org; Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

- https://www.npmjs.com/ (cve@mitre.org; Product)

## Provenance

- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-57285; retrieved 2026-11-07; source updated 2026-11-07

Revision: a6f23867546a0ada7037cae156b1826f75cac6d838f9d559918230f71ec09308

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2025-57285

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