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CVE-2005-1921

78
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
79.07%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: PHP XML-RPC Arbitrary Code Execution · Jun 29, 2005
ExploitDB: EDB-43829 · Jul 2, 2015
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7907 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 51,455 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: php-0:4.3.2-24.ent
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: php-0:4.3.9-3.7
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-1921Important

security flaw

Jun 29, 2005

References

marc.info
Third Party Advisory
marc.info
Third Party Advisory
marc.info
Third Party Advisory
pear.php.net / package/XML_RPC/download/1.3.1
PatchProduct
secunia.com / advisories/15810
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secunia.com / advisories/15852
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secunia.com / advisories/15855
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secunia.com / advisories/15861
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secunia.com / advisories/15872
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secunia.com / advisories/15883
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secunia.com / advisories/15884
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secunia.com / advisories/15895
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secunia.com / advisories/15903
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secunia.com / advisories/15904
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secunia.com / advisories/15916
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secunia.com / advisories/15917
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secunia.com / advisories/15922
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secunia.com / advisories/15944
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secunia.com / advisories/15947
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secunia.com / advisories/15957
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secunia.com / advisories/16001
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secunia.com / advisories/16339
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secunia.com / advisories/16693
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secunia.com / advisories/17440
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secunia.com / advisories/17674
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secunia.com / advisories/18003
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security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200507-01.xml
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200507-06.xml
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200507-07.xml
Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
sourceforge.net / project/showfiles.php
Product
sourceforge.net / project/shownotes.php
Broken Link
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11294
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oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A350
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ampache.org / announce/3_3_1_2.php
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debian.org / security/2005/dsa-745
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-746
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-747
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-789
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
drupal.org / security/drupal-sa-2005-003/advisory.txt
Third Party Advisory
gulftech.org
Not ApplicableVendor Advisory
hardened-php.net / advisory-022005.php
Not Applicable
mandriva.com / security/advisories
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html
Broken Link
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_41_php_pear.html
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novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_49_php.html
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redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-564.html
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securityfocus.com / archive/1/419064/100/0/threaded
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/14088
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/2827
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