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)…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 79.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 6Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 5 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits6
Metasploit modules1 module
- PHP XML-RPC Arbitrary Code Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/unix/webapp/php_xmlrpc_evalRank excellentdisclosed 29 Jun 2005
Exploit-DB5 entries
- PHPXMLRPC < 1.1 - Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 43829webapps, phppublished 2 Jul 2015Not verified
- XML-RPC Library 1.3.0 - 'xmlrpc.php' Arbitrary Code Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16882webapps, phppublished 25 Jul 2010Verified
- XML-RPC Library 1.3.0 - 'xmlrpc.php' Remote Command Execution (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1083webapps, phppublished 4 Jul 2005Verified
- XML-RPC Library 1.3.0 - 'xmlrpc.php' Remote Command Execution (3) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1084webapps, phppublished 4 Jul 2005Verified
- XML-RPC Library 1.3.0 - 'xmlrpc.php' Remote Code Injection (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1078webapps, phppublished 1 Jul 2005Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 23 days later
· 23 days later
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 79.1% · top 0.4% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References50
- 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)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-1923 (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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