PHPXMLRPC and PEAR XML_RPC Remote Code Injection Vulnerability

Publish date: February 15, 2011
  Severity: MEDIUM
  CVE Identifier: CVE-2005-2498
  Advisory Date: FEB 15, 2011

  DESCRIPTION

 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.

  TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION

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  AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION

  • Edd Dumbill PHPXMLRPC 1.1.1 and previous

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