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)…

Description

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

79.1% · top 0.4% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-94 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-94 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (50)

• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:350 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• DSA-789 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 15947 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 15852 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 15944 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2005:018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 15883 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 15872 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 15895 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11294 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 1015336 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• DSA-746 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 17674 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00087-07012005 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• ADV-2005-2827 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 15917 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-747 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2005:041 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory-022005.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• SSRT051069 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2005:051 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 15957 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.ampache.org/announce/3_3_1_2.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 15810 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• GLSA-200507-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• http://www.drupal.org/security/drupal-sa-2005-003/advisory.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 14088 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 16693 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20050629 Advisory 02/2005: Remote code execution in Serendipity (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 20050629 [DRUPAL-SA-2005-003] Drupal 4.6.2 / 4.5.4 fixes critical XML-RPC issue (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• GLSA-200507-07 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• 15904 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 15903 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2005:049 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=338803 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 17440 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 15922 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 15884 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 15916 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2005:564 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://pear.php.net/package/XML_RPC/download/1.3.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 16001 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=87163 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• MDKSA-2005:109 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
• GLSA-200507-06 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• DSA-745 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 15855 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 16339 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 18003 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 15861 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 22:06 UTC.