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TI-2005-02364 Aliases CVE-2005-2498GHSA-mcp5-3g3r-5wm5

Eval injection vulnerability in PHPXMLRPC 1.1.1 and earlier (PEAR XML-RPC for PHP), as…

Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-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 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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.05091 92nd 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 · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gggeek:phpxmlrpc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.1.1VulnerableGggeek
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:a:gggeek:phpxmlrpc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.1.1 Vulnerable ·Gggeek
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2005:748 Released 2005-08-19 · Red Hat rating Important
    php security update
    • Red Hat Desktop version 3 php-4.3.2-25.ent, php-4.3.2-25.ent.i386, php-devel-4.3.2-25.ent +11
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 php-4.3.2-25.ent, php-4.3.2-25.ent.i386, php-4.3.2-25.ent.ia64 +25
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 php-4.3.9-3.8, php-4.3.9-3.8.i386, php-4.3.9-3.8.ia64 +47
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 php-4.3.9-3.8, php-4.3.9-3.8.i386, php-devel-4.3.9-3.8 +25
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 php-4.3.2-25.ent, php-4.3.2-25.ent.i386, php-4.3.2-25.ent.ia64 +18
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 php-4.3.9-3.8, php-4.3.9-3.8.i386, php-4.3.9-3.8.ia64 +39
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 php-4.3.2-25.ent, php-4.3.2-25.ent.i386, php-4.3.2-25.ent.ia64 +18
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 php-4.3.9-3.8, php-4.3.9-3.8.i386, php-4.3.9-3.8.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-2005:748
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:748
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:748
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:748
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:748
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:748
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:748
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:748

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-2498
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mcp5-3g3r-5wm5

References

Patch 1

Advisory 11

Other 1

Sources

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