7.5
HIGH
CVE-2005-2498
PHPXMLRPC PHP Code Execution Vulnerability
Description

Eval injection vulnerability in PHPXMLRPC 1.1.1 and earlier (PEAR XML-RPC for PHP), as used in multiple products including (1) Drupal, (2) phpAdsNew, (3) phpPgAds, and (4) phpgroupware, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via certain nested XML tags in a PHP document that should not be nested, which are injected into an eval function call, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-1921.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 15, 2005, 4 a.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 14, 2024, 3:47 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2005-2498 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 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-2005-2498.

URL Resource
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112412415822890&w=2 Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112431497300344&w=2 Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112605112027335&w=2 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16431 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/16432 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/16441 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/16460 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/16465 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/16468 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/16469 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/16491 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/16550 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/16558 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/16563 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/16619 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/16635 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/16693 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/16976 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/17053 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/17066 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/17440 Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-789 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-798 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-840 Mailing List
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-842 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.fedoralegacy.org/updates/FC2/2005-11-28-FLSA_2005_166943__Updated_php_packages_fix_security_issues.html Broken Link
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-19.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_152005.67.html Not Applicable Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_49_php.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-748.html Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/408125 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14560 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9569 Broken Link

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2005-2498 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2005-2498 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
    Removed CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Changed Reference Type http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112412415822890&w=2 No Types Assigned http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112412415822890&w=2 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112431497300344&w=2 No Types Assigned http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112431497300344&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://secunia.com/advisories/16431 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/16431 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/16432 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/16432 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/16441 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/16441 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/16460 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/16460 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/16465 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/16465 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/16468 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/16468 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/16469 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/16469 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/16491 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/16491 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/16550 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/16550 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/16558 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/16558 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/16563 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/16563 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/16619 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/16619 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/16635 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/16635 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/16976 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/16976 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/17053 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/17053 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/17066 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/17066 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/17440 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/17440 Broken Link
    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.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-798 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-798 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-840 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-840 Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-842 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-842 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.fedoralegacy.org/updates/FC2/2005-11-28-FLSA_2005_166943__Updated_php_packages_fix_security_issues.html No Types Assigned http://www.fedoralegacy.org/updates/FC2/2005-11-28-FLSA_2005_166943__Updated_php_packages_fix_security_issues.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-19.xml No Types Assigned http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-19.xml Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_152005.67.html Patch, Vendor Advisory http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_152005.67.html Not Applicable, Patch, Vendor Advisory
    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-2005-748.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-748.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/408125 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/408125 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14560 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14560 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9569 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9569 Broken Link
    Removed CWE NIST NVD-CWE-Other
    Added CWE NIST CWE-94
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:edd_dumbill:phpxmlrpc:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:gggeek:phpxmlrpc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.1.1
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:9569 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9569 [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=112412415822890&w=2
    Removed Reference http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=112605112027335&w=2
    Removed Reference http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=112431497300344&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112412415822890&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112431497300344&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112605112027335&w=2
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 16, 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-2005-2498 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-2005-2498 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

1.03 }} -0.18%

score

0.84038

percentile

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