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TI-2005-01820 Aliases CVE-2005-1921GHSA-7mjj-9265-43wm

Eval injection vulnerability in PEAR XML_RPC 1.3.0 and earlier (aka XML-RPC or xmlrpc)…

Priority HIGH 73CWE-94Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-94.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.79071 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 5

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:php:xml_rpc:*:*:*:*:*:pear:*:*up to 1.3.0VulnerablePHP
cpe:2.3:a:gggeek:phpxmlrpc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.1VulnerableGggeek
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 4.5.4; 4.6.0 to before 4.6.2VulnerableDrupal
cpe:2.3:a:tiki:tikiwiki_cms\/groupware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 1.8.5VulnerableTiki Wiki
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:a:php:xml_rpc:*:*:*:*:*:pear:*:* Versions up to 1.3.0 Vulnerable ·PHP
  • cpe:2.3:a:gggeek:phpxmlrpc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.1 Vulnerable ·Gggeek
  • cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 4.5.4; 4.6.0 to before 4.6.2 Vulnerable ·Drupal
  • cpe:2.3:a:tiki:tikiwiki_cms\/groupware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.8.5 Vulnerable ·Tiki Wiki
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2005:564 Released 2005-07-07 · Red Hat rating Important
    php security update
    • Red Hat Desktop version 3 php-4.3.2-24.ent, php-4.3.2-24.ent.i386, php-devel-4.3.2-24.ent +11
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 php-4.3.2-24.ent, php-4.3.2-24.ent.i386, php-4.3.2-24.ent.ia64 +25
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 php-4.3.9-3.7, php-4.3.9-3.7.i386, php-4.3.9-3.7.ia64 +47
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 php-4.3.9-3.7, php-4.3.9-3.7.i386, php-devel-4.3.9-3.7 +25
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 php-4.3.2-24.ent, php-4.3.2-24.ent.i386, php-4.3.2-24.ent.ia64 +18
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 php-4.3.9-3.7, php-4.3.9-3.7.i386, php-4.3.9-3.7.ia64 +39
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 php-4.3.2-24.ent, php-4.3.2-24.ent.i386, php-4.3.2-24.ent.ia64 +18
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 php-4.3.9-3.7, php-4.3.9-3.7.i386, php-4.3.9-3.7.ia64 +39

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Desktop version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:564
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:564
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:564
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:564
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:564
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:564
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:564
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:564

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-1921
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7mjj-9265-43wm

References

Patch 2

Advisory 16

Other 7

Sources

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