CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-5243
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-08-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94
Description
phpWhois allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted whois record.
Affected configurations
• phpwhois project phpwhois (<= 4.2.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness
References
- https://blog.nettitude.com/uk/cve-2015-5243-phpwhois-remote-code-execution Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Gemorroj/phpwhois/commit/91c937e03c876ba1290b6de2a3ad953d2105fdd0 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/jsmitty12/phpWhois/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/jsmitty12/phpWhois/issues/19 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2018/SBA-ADV-20180425-01_phpWhois_Code_Execution Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/sparc/phpWhois.org/commit/5cc572490c9053d46598ec9348a11e36a5a33a46#diff-f150ae17da7341bf6c2eff928684b3a3 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://blog.nettitude.com/uk/cve-2015-5243-phpwhois-remote-code-execution Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Gemorroj/phpwhois/commit/91c937e03c876ba1290b6de2a3ad953d2105fdd0 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/jsmitty12/phpWhois/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/jsmitty12/phpWhois/issues/19 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2018/SBA-ADV-20180425-01_phpWhois_Code_Execution Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/sparc/phpWhois.org/commit/5cc572490c9053d46598ec9348a11e36a5a33a46#diff-f150ae17da7341bf6c2eff928684b3a3 Patch, Vendor Advisory