CVE-2005-1921 describes an eval injection vulnerability in PEAR XML_RPC 1.3.0 and earlier, and PHPXMLRPC 1.1 and earlier, affecting numerous products including WordPress, Drupal, and TikiWiki. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by providing an unsanitized XML file to an eval statement. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and low attack complexity to achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While not on the KEV catalog, multiple public exploits exist on ExploitDB and a Metasploit module is available, indicating a high potential for exploitation. Despite its age and exploit availability, there is no recorded community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:xml_rpc:*:*:*:*:*:pear:*:* | ||
<= 1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gggeek:phpxmlrpc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 4.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.6.0, < 4.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.8.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tiki:tikiwiki_cms\/groupware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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