RCE in Drupal

CVE-2005-1921

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.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.791 (99.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2005-1921?
CVE-2005-1921 is a vulnerability in Drupal, classified under Code Injection. Published 2005-07-05.
Is CVE-2005-1921 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.