CVE-2015-5243

moderate-risk
Published 2018-08-20

phpWhois allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted whois record.

Do I need to act?

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11.1% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 89% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Phpwhois Project

References (12)

Third Party Advisory https://blog.nettitude.com/uk/cve-2015-5243-phpwhois-remote-code-execution
Patch https://github.com/Gemorroj/phpwhois/commit/91c937e03c876ba1290b6de2a3ad953d2105...
Release Notes https://github.com/jsmitty12/phpWhois/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
Issue Tracking https://github.com/jsmitty12/phpWhois/issues/19
Exploit https://github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2018/SBA-ADV-20180425-01_p...
Patch https://github.com/sparc/phpWhois.org/commit/5cc572490c9053d46598ec9348a11e36a5a...
Third Party Advisory https://blog.nettitude.com/uk/cve-2015-5243-phpwhois-remote-code-execution
Patch https://github.com/Gemorroj/phpwhois/commit/91c937e03c876ba1290b6de2a3ad953d2105...
Release Notes https://github.com/jsmitty12/phpWhois/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
Issue Tracking https://github.com/jsmitty12/phpWhois/issues/19
Exploit https://github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2018/SBA-ADV-20180425-01_p...
Patch https://github.com/sparc/phpWhois.org/commit/5cc572490c9053d46598ec9348a11e36a5a...
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moderate-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 11/34 · Low
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal