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XML-RPC for PHP Nested XML Tags PHP Code Execution
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA16431
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Release Date:
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2005-08-15
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | XML-RPC for PHP 1.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2005-2498 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
Stefan Esser has reported a vulnerability in XML-RPC, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
Certain XML tags that are nested in parsed documents are not properly sanitised before being used in an "eval()" call. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary PHP code on a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability has been reported in versions 1.1.1 and prior.
Solution:
Update to version 1.2.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Stefan Esser, Hardened-PHP Project.
Original Advisory:
http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_152005.67.html
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1 Related Secunia Security Advisories
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1. XML-RPC for PHP PHP Code Execution Vulnerability
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