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CVE-2015-5243
phpWhois allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted whois record.
Critical9.8EPSS 6.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
phpWhois allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted whois record.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.2% · top 6.5% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistbrightlocal/phpwhoisGHSA-c95f-27gx-6vq9 (opens in a new tab)
- Packagistdavid-garcia/phpwhoisGHSA-c95f-27gx-6vq9 (opens in a new tab)
- Packagistivankristianto/phpwhoisGHSA-c95f-27gx-6vq9 (opens in a new tab)
- Packagistjsmitty12/phpwhoisGHSA-c95f-27gx-6vq9 (opens in a new tab)
- Packagistkazist/phpwhoisGHSA-c95f-27gx-6vq9 (opens in a new tab)
- Packagistphpwhois/phpwhoisGHSA-c95f-27gx-6vq9 (opens in a new tab)
- Packagistserluck/phpwhoisGHSA-c95f-27gx-6vq9 (opens in a new tab)
- Packagistsimple-updates/phpwhoisGHSA-c95f-27gx-6vq9 (opens in a new tab)
- Packagisttruckersmp/phpwhoisGHSA-c95f-27gx-6vq9 (opens in a new tab)
References (6)
- https://github.com/jsmitty12/phpWhois/issues/19 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2018/SBA-ADV-20180425-01_phpWhois_Code_Execution (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/sparc/phpWhois.org/commit/5cc572490c9053d46598ec9348a11e36a5a33a46#diff-f150ae17da7341bf6c2eff928684b3a3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/Gemorroj/phpwhois/commit/91c937e03c876ba1290b6de2a3ad953d2105fdd0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://blog.nettitude.com/uk/cve-2015-5243-phpwhois-remote-code-execution (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/jsmitty12/phpWhois/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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 Advisory GHSA-c95f-27gx-6vq9 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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