Explain CVE-2005-1921
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.
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'name': 'oval:org.mitre.oval:def:350', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'signature', 'x_refsource_OVAL'], 'url': 'https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A350'}, {'name': 'DSA-789', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-789'}, {'name': '15947', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/15947'}, {'name': '15852', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/15852'}, {'name': '15944', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/15944'}, {'name': 'SUSE-SR:2005:018', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html'}, {'name': '15883', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/15883'}, {'name': '15872', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/15872'}, {'name': '15895', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/15895'}, {'name': 'oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11294', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'signature', 'x_refsource_OVAL'], 'url': 'https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11294'}, {'name': '1015336', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_SECTRACK'], 'url': 'http://securitytracker.com/id?1015336'}, {'name': 'DSA-746', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-746'}, {'name': '17674', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/17674'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00087-07012005'}, {'name': 'ADV-2005-2827', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2827'}, {'name': '15917', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/15917'}, {'name': 'DSA-747', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-747'}, {'name': 'SUSE-SA:2005:041', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_41_php_pear.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory-022005.php'}, {'name': 'SSRT051069', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_HP'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419064/100/0/threaded'}, {'name': 'SUSE-SA:2005:051', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112605112027335&w=2'}, {'name': '15957', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/15957'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.ampache.org/announce/3_3_1_2.php'}, {'name': '15810', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/15810'}, {'name': 'GLSA-200507-01', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_GENTOO'], 'url': 'http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200507-01.xml'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.drupal.org/security/drupal-sa-2005-003/advisory.txt'}, {'name': '14088', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_BID'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14088'}, {'name': '16693', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/16693'}, {'name': '20050629 Advisory 02/2005: Remote code execution in Serendipity', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112008638320145&w=2'}, {'name': '20050629 [DRUPAL-SA-2005-003] Drupal 4.6.2 / 4.5.4 fixes critical XML-RPC issue', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112015336720867&w=2'}, {'name': 'GLSA-200507-07', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_GENTOO'], 'url': 'http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200507-07.xml'}, {'name': '15904', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/15904'}, {'name': '15903', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/15903'}, {'name': 'SUSE-SA:2005:049', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_49_php.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=338803'}, {'name': '17440', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/17440'}, {'name': '15922', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/15922'}, {'name': '15884', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/15884'}, {'name': '15916', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/15916'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2005:564', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-564.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'http://pear.php.net/package/XML_RPC/download/1.3.1'}, {'name': '16001', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/16001'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=87163'}, {'name': 'MDKSA-2005:109', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MANDRAKE'], 'url': 'http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:109'}, {'name': 'GLSA-200507-06', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_GENTOO'], 'url': 'http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200507-06.xml'}, {'name': 'DSA-745', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-745'}, {'name': 'HPSBTU02083', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_HP'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419064/100/0/threaded'}, {'name': '15855', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/15855'}, {'name': '16339', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/16339'}, {'name': '18003', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/18003'}, {'name': '15861', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/15861'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED