CVE-2015-5243 :: Enginsight Vulnerability Database

Provider	Type	Base Score	Atk. Vector	Atk. Complexity	Priv. Required	Vector
NIST	Primary	9.8 CRITICAL	NETWORK	LOW	NONE	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Base Score

CVSS 3.x

EPSS Score

Percentile: 93%

Affected Products (NVD)

Vendor	Product	Version
phpwhois_project	phpwhois	𝑥 ≤ 4.2.2

𝑥

= Vulnerable software versions

Known Exploits!

Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
The software constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.

References

https://blog.nettitude.com/uk/cve-2015-5243-phpwhois-remote-code-execution

https://github.com/Gemorroj/phpwhois/commit/91c937e03c876ba1290b6de2a3ad953d2105fdd0

https://github.com/jsmitty12/phpWhois/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

https://github.com/jsmitty12/phpWhois/issues/19

https://github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2018/SBA-ADV-20180425-01_phpWhois_Code_Execution

https://github.com/sparc/phpWhois.org/commit/5cc572490c9053d46598ec9348a11e36a5a33a46#diff-f150ae17da7341bf6c2eff928684b3a3

https://blog.nettitude.com/uk/cve-2015-5243-phpwhois-remote-code-execution

https://github.com/Gemorroj/phpwhois/commit/91c937e03c876ba1290b6de2a3ad953d2105fdd0

https://github.com/jsmitty12/phpWhois/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

https://github.com/jsmitty12/phpWhois/issues/19

https://github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2018/SBA-ADV-20180425-01_phpWhois_Code_Execution

https://github.com/sparc/phpWhois.org/commit/5cc572490c9053d46598ec9348a11e36a5a33a46#diff-f150ae17da7341bf6c2eff928684b3a3