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Sid
13817

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Summary:
This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in XML_RPC.

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Impact:
Denial of Service. Information disclosure. Loss of integrity. Complete admin access.

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Detailed Information:
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.

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Affected Systems:
PEAR XML_RPC 1.3.0RC3
PEAR XML_RPC 1.3.0RC2
PEAR XML_RPC 1.3.0RC1
PEAR XML_RPC 1.2.2
PEAR XML_RPC 1.2.1
PEAR XML_RPC 1.2.0
PEAR XML_RPC 1.2.0RC7
PEAR XML_RPC 1.2.0RC6
PEAR XML_RPC 1.2.0RC5
PEAR XML_RPC 1.2.0RC4
PEAR XML_RPC 1.2.0RC3
PEAR XML_RPC 1.2.0RC2
PEAR XML_RPC 1.2.0RC1
PEAR XML_RPC 1.1.0
PEAR XML_RPC 1.0.4
PEAR XML_RPC 1.0.3
PEAR XML_RPC 1.0.2

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Attack Scenarios:


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Ease of Attack:


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False Positives:
None known.

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False Negatives:
None known.

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Corrective Action:
Upgrade to the latest non-affected version of the software.

Apply the appropriate vendor supplied patches.

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Contributors:
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team
This document was generated from data supplied by the National Vulnerability Database. A product of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
For more information see http://nvd.nist.gov/

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Additional References:

NIST CVE-2005-1921:
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2005-1921

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