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title: "CVE-2025-57285: CodeceptJS's incomprehensive sanitation can lead to Command Injection"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2025-57285/
description: "CVE-2025-57285 (codeceptjs (npm)): codeceptjs 3.7.3 contains a command injection vulnerability in the emptyFolder function (lib/utils.js). The execSync…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2025-09-08
date_modified: 2025-09-23
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2025-57285"
kev: false
cvss: 9.8
epss: 0.02169
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
---

# CVE-2025-57285: CodeceptJS's incomprehensive sanitation can lead to Command Injection

**Signal:** Critical and remotely reachable. No known exploitation yet, but it is network-reachable without credentials. (Computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS; not an editorial verdict.)

## Should you act?

- Not in CISA KEV , but CISA’s SSVC assessment records a public proof-of-concept, so attack code exists.
- EPSS 2.2% , percentile 82: FIRST’s model estimates a 2.2% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (elevated). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Remotely reachable with no login and no user interaction. If the vulnerable service is exposed to the internet, prioritize it.
- Only applies if your dependency tree includes codeceptjs (npm) >= 3.5.0, < 3.7.5, fixed in 3.7.5 . Check your lockfile, including transitive dependencies.

## What it is

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.

## Affected packages

- npm `codeceptjs` >= 3.5.0, < 3.7.5 → fixed: 3.7.5

## Affected products (CVE record)

- n/a n/a: see advisory

## Severity

- CISA-ADP CVSS 3.1: 9.8 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
- GitHub CVSS 3.1: 9.8 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: not listed (no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation known to CISA).
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation poc , automatable yes , technical impact total .
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 2.17% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 82.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-34w8-mcwr-vg29](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-34w8-mcwr-vg29)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2025-57285](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-57285)
- [NVD entry CVE-2025-57285](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-57285)
- [npmjs.com](https://www.npmjs.com)
- [gist.github.com](https://gist.github.com/Dremig/1ba111f9b1f7cffe1fcb4838b64e55b9)
- [github.com](https://github.com/codeceptjs/CodeceptJS/pull/3604)
- [github.com](https://github.com/codeceptjs/CodeceptJS/pull/5190)

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