CVE-2005-1921
Eval injection vulnerability in PEAR XML_RPC 1.3.0 and earlier (aka XML-RPC or xmlrpc) and PHPXMLRPC (aka XML-RPC For PHP or php-xmlrpc) 1.1 and earlier, as...
- Published
- Jul 1, 2005
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Evidence observed
- Jul 1, 2005
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:PHigh · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 99.6%
- Model date
- Oct 14, 2026
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Summary
Eval injection vulnerability in PEAR XML_RPC 1.3.0 and earlier (aka XML-RPC or xmlrpc) and PHPXMLRPC (aka XML-RPC For PHP or php-xmlrpc) 1.1 and earlier, as used in products such as (1) WordPress, (2) Serendipity, (3) Drupal, (4) egroupware, (5) MailWatch, (6) TikiWiki, (7) phpWebSite, (8) Ampache, and others, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via an XML file, which is not properly sanitized before being used in an eval statement.
Sources
modules/exploits/unix/webapp/php_xmlrpc_eval.rb
Metasploit Framework modulesDeclared conditions
- platform: Unix($.exploit_unix/webapp/php_xmlrpc_eval.platform)
- verification: check_declared($.exploit_unix/webapp/php_xmlrpc_eval.check)
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