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Eval injection vulnerability in PEAR XML_RPC 1.3.0 and...

High severity Unreviewed Published May 1, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 14, 2024

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jul 5, 2005
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 1, 2022
Last updated Feb 14, 2024

Severity

High

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

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(99th percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2005-1921

GHSA ID

GHSA-7mjj-9265-43wm

Source code

No known source code

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