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CVE-2005-1921 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112008638320145&w=2 CVEThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112015336720867&w=2 CVEThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112605112027335&w=2 CVEThird Party Advisory
http://pear.php.net/package/XML_RPC/download/1.3.1 CVEPatchProduct
http://secunia.com/advisories/15810 CVEBroken Link

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
php xml rpc
<= 1.3.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:php:xml_rpc:*:*:*:*:*:pear:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
gggeek phpxmlrpc
<= 1.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:gggeek:phpxmlrpc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
drupal drupal
< 4.5.4
>= 4.6.0, < 4.6.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
tiki tikiwiki cms/groupware
< 1.8.5

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:tiki:tikiwiki_cms/groupware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
3.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-1921
NVD Published Date:
Jul 5, 2005
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2005-1921 Details - Not Deferred