7.5
HIGH
CVE-2005-1921
PEAR XML_RPC XML-RPC Eval Injection Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

July 5, 2005, 4 a.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 14, 2024, 3:41 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2005-1921 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Drupal drupal
1 Tiki tikiwiki_cms\/groupware
1 Php xml_rpc
1 Gggeek phpxmlrpc
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2005-1921.

URL Resource
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112008638320145&w=2 Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112015336720867&w=2 Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112605112027335&w=2 Third Party Advisory
http://pear.php.net/package/XML_RPC/download/1.3.1 Patch Product
http://secunia.com/advisories/15810 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/15852 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/15855 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/15861 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/15872 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/15883 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/15884 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/15895 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/15903 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/15904 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/15916 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/15917 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/15922 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/15944 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/15947 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/15957 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/16001 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/16339 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/16693 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/17440 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/17674 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/18003 Broken Link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200507-01.xml Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200507-06.xml Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200507-07.xml Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015336 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=87163 Product
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=338803 Broken Link
http://www.ampache.org/announce/3_3_1_2.php Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-745 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-746 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-747 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-789 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.drupal.org/security/drupal-sa-2005-003/advisory.txt Third Party Advisory
http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00087-07012005 Not Applicable Vendor Advisory
http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory-022005.php Not Applicable
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:109 Patch Third Party Advisory Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html Broken Link
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_41_php_pear.html Broken Link
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_49_php.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-564.html Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419064/100/0/threaded Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14088 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2827 Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11294 Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A350 Broken Link

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2005-1921 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2005-1921 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112008638320145&w=2 No Types Assigned http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112008638320145&w=2 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112015336720867&w=2 No Types Assigned http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112015336720867&w=2 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112605112027335&w=2 No Types Assigned http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112605112027335&w=2 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://pear.php.net/package/XML_RPC/download/1.3.1 Patch http://pear.php.net/package/XML_RPC/download/1.3.1 Patch, Product
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/15810 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/15810 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/15852 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/15852 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/15855 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/15855 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/15861 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/15861 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/15872 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/15872 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/15883 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/15883 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/15884 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/15884 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/15895 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/15895 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/15903 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/15903 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/15904 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/15904 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/15916 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/15916 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/15917 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/15917 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/15922 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/15922 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/15944 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/15944 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/15947 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/15947 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/15957 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/15957 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/16001 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/16001 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/16339 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/16339 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/16693 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/16693 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/17440 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/17440 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/17674 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/17674 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/18003 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/18003 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200507-01.xml No Types Assigned http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200507-01.xml Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200507-06.xml No Types Assigned http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200507-06.xml Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200507-07.xml No Types Assigned http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200507-07.xml Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://securitytracker.com/id?1015336 No Types Assigned http://securitytracker.com/id?1015336 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=87163 No Types Assigned http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=87163 Product
    Changed Reference Type http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=338803 No Types Assigned http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=338803 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ampache.org/announce/3_3_1_2.php No Types Assigned http://www.ampache.org/announce/3_3_1_2.php Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-745 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-745 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-746 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-746 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-747 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-747 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-789 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-789 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.drupal.org/security/drupal-sa-2005-003/advisory.txt No Types Assigned http://www.drupal.org/security/drupal-sa-2005-003/advisory.txt Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00087-07012005 Patch, Vendor Advisory http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00087-07012005 Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory-022005.php Vendor Advisory http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory-022005.php Not Applicable
    Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:109 Patch, Vendor Advisory http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:109 Patch, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html No Types Assigned http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_41_php_pear.html No Types Assigned http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_41_php_pear.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_49_php.html No Types Assigned http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_49_php.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-564.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-564.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419064/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419064/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14088 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14088 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2827 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2827 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11294 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11294 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A350 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A350 Broken Link
    Removed CWE NIST NVD-CWE-Other
    Added CWE NIST CWE-94
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pear:xml_rpc:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pear:xml_rpc:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pear:xml_rpc:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pear:xml_rpc:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pear:xml_rpc:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pear:xml_rpc:1.2.0rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pear:xml_rpc:1.2.0rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pear:xml_rpc:1.2.0rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pear:xml_rpc:1.2.0rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pear:xml_rpc:1.2.0rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pear:xml_rpc:1.2.0rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pear:xml_rpc:1.2.0rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pear:xml_rpc:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pear:xml_rpc:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pear:xml_rpc:1.3.0rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pear:xml_rpc:1.3.0rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:pear:xml_rpc:1.3.0rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:php:xml_rpc:*:*:*:*:*:pear:*:* versions up to (including) 1.3.0
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gggeek:phpxmlrpc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.1
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 4.5.4 *cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.6.0 up to (excluding) 4.6.2
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:tiki:tikiwiki_cms\/groupware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.8.5
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 19, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/419064/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419064/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:350 [Tool Signature, US Government Resource]
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11294 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A350 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11294 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 18, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=112008638320145&w=2
    Removed Reference http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=112605112027335&w=2
    Removed Reference http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=112015336720867&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112008638320145&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112015336720867&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112605112027335&w=2
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 05, 2005

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2005-1921 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2005-1921 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

95.65 }} -0.24%

score

0.99419

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability