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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2005-1921

Original release date:07/05/2005
Last revised:11/07/2009
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:7.5 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides unauthorized access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

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External Source: MANDRAKE
Name: MDKSA-2005:109
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:109
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00087-07012005
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00087-07012005
External Source: MISC
Name: http://pear.php.net/package/XML_RPC/download/1.3.1
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://pear.php.net/package/XML_RPC/download/1.3.1
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20050629 Advisory 02/2005: Remote code execution in Serendipity
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=112008638320145&w=2
External Source: HP
Name: HPSBTU02083
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/419064/100/0/threaded
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory-022005.php
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory-022005.php
External Source: BID
Name: 14088
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14088
External Source: HP
Name: HPSBTU02083
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/419064/100/0/threaded
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2005:564
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-564.html
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2005:049
Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_49_php.html
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2005:041
Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_41_php_pear.html
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2005:018
Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2005-2827
Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2005/2827
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.drupal.org/security/drupal-sa-2005-003/advisory.txt
Hyperlink:http://www.drupal.org/security/drupal-sa-2005-003/advisory.txt
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-789
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-789
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-747
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-747
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-746
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-746
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-745
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-745
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.ampache.org/announce/3_3_1_2.php
Hyperlink:http://www.ampache.org/announce/3_3_1_2.php
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=338803
Hyperlink:http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=338803
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=87163
Hyperlink:http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=87163
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1015336
Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1015336
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200507-07
Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200507-07.xml
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200507-06
Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200507-06.xml
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200507-01
Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200507-01.xml
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 18003
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/18003
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 17674
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/17674
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 17440
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/17440
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 16693
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/16693
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 16339
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/16339
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 16001
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/16001
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 15957
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/15957
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 15947
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/15947
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 15944
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/15944
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 15922
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/15922
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 15917
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/15917
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 15916
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/15916
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 15904
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/15904
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 15903
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/15903
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 15895
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/15895
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 15884
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/15884
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 15883
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/15883
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 15872
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/15872
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 15861
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/15861
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 15855
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/15855
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 15852
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/15852
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 15810
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/15810
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2005:051
Hyperlink:http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=112605112027335&w=2
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20050629 [DRUPAL-SA-2005-003] Drupal 4.6.2 / 4.5.4 fixes critical XML-RPC issue
Hyperlink:http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=112015336720867&w=2
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:350
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:350
Type: Tool Signature
Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:350

Vulnerable software and versions

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spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:pear:xml_rpc:1.0.2
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:pear:xml_rpc:1.0.3
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:pear:xml_rpc:1.0.4
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:pear:xml_rpc:1.1.0
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:pear:xml_rpc:1.2.0
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:pear:xml_rpc:1.2.0rc1
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:pear:xml_rpc:1.2.0rc2
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:pear:xml_rpc:1.2.0rc3
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:pear:xml_rpc:1.2.0rc4
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:pear:xml_rpc:1.2.0rc5
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:pear:xml_rpc:1.2.0rc6
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:pear:xml_rpc:1.2.0rc7
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:pear:xml_rpc:1.2.1
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:pear:xml_rpc:1.2.2
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:pear:xml_rpc:1.3.0rc1
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:pear:xml_rpc:1.3.0rc2
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:pear:xml_rpc:1.3.0rc3
* Denotes Vulnerable Software
* Changes related to vulnerability configurations

Technical Details

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-1921