Edd Dumbill PHPXMLRPC 1.1.1 PEAR eval

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Edd Dumbill PHPXMLRPC 1.1.1. This affects the function eval of the component PEAR. Performing a manipulation results in an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-2498. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Edd Dumbill PHPXMLRPC 1.1.1 (Content Management System). This affects the function eval of the component PEAR. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The bug was discovered 08/15/2005. The weakness was published 08/15/2005 by Stefan Esser with hardened-php.net (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at hardened-php.net. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-2498 since 08/08/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19809 (Debian DSA-840-1 : drupal - missing input sanitising), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 12212 (PHPXMLRPC and PEAR XML_RPC Remote Code Injection Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (21842), Tenable (19809), SecurityFocus (BID 14560†), OSVDB (18889†) and Secunia (SA16431†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Nessus ID: 19809
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-840-1 : drupal - missing input sanitising
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OpenVAS ID: 55191
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 789-1 (php4)
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: hardened-php.net
Researcher: Stefan Esser
Organization: hardened-php.net
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-2498 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2498
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-25995

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X-Force: 21842
SecurityFocus: 14560 - PHPXMLRPC and PEAR XML_RPC Remote Code Injection Vulnerability
Secunia: 16431
OSVDB: 18889 - XML-RPC for PHP eval() nested XML tag PHP code execution
Vulnerability Center: 8996 - XML-RPC Eval Code Injection via XML Nested Tags in PHP Documents, High

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Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/30/2025 04:38
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (73), 06/08/2019 14:58 (7), 06/30/2025 04:38 (24)
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