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.
CVE-2005-1921
“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS v2 base score.
This CVE was only ever scored under CVSS v2.0. NVD CVSS v2.0 base 7.5 — NVD rates that HIGH (NVD's v2 bands: LOW 0.0–3.9 / MEDIUM 4.0–6.9 / HIGH 7.0–10.0; no CRITICAL band). Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. CVSS v2 is an older, coarser metric than v3.1/v4.0 (no Scope, no User Interaction, no Attack Requirements), so it is not directly comparable to a v3 or v4 score. NVD has never re-scored this record under v3. EPSS predicts 79% exploitation probability in the next 30 days; it does not lift the v2 base. EPSS sets EG Risk's exploitation input. Confidence: LOW.
Also known asEUVD-2005-1923 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-7mjj-9265-43wm (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD
- 15 internet-facing services (distinct ip:port) on record running an affected version — derived from Shodan data (© Shodan); a patched service can stay counted while its port stays open
- High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 79%
- Public exploit code is available (Metasploit, Exploit-DB, marked verified by Exploit-DB, other public proof-of-concept code)
A fix is available — apply it.
15 internet-facing services (distinct ip:port) on record running a version that maps to CVE-2005-1921, in our KEV-Exposure radar’s Shodan-derived sample.
How it counts: every 12 hours, when Shodan query credits allow, the radar runs one Shodan query per tracked product, reads up to 100 ip:port services per query, and keeps a service when its banner version matches a CISA-KEV or high-EPSS CVE; a service is dropped when neither a search nor a Shodan InternetDB port re-check has refreshed it for 21 days. A re-check that finds the port still listed by Shodan InternetDB refreshes the service without re-reading the banner, so a patched service can stay counted while its port stays open. A count is a banner-version inference over a sample, not an exploit test and not an internet-wide census, and the unit is a service, not a machine: a machine answering on two ports counts twice.
- CVSS v2.0 (legacy)
- 7.5HIGHNVD never assigned a CVSS v3 rating to this CVE
- EG Score
- 7.5HIGHlow confidence
- EG Risk
- 65EG Risk 65/100
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.
How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)Severity75% × 45%Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 7.5 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.Exploitation79% × 40%FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.Automatability0% × 15%CISA's BOD 26-04 default: no one has published Automatable for this CVE, and CISA treats it as “no” for a CVE not in KEV.SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.Exploitation public PoC (exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high. - EPSS PROB
- 79%
- EPSS %ILE
- 99th
- KEV
- Not listed
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (7.5): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 7.5 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.NVD CVSS v2.0 · CVSS v2.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EG Likelihood
- 79% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-25). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track* at medium mission impactTrack at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
Exploitation public PoC (exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it
Published
July 5, 2005
Last Modified
April 16, 2026
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Patch Availability(2)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fix (by version range) / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | php4-pear () @ hoary | 2026-10-12 | ubuntu |
| redhat | php-0:4.3.9-3.7 | 2005-07-07 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(7 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:3.1(4)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| drupal | 4.5.3-2 |
| — |
| egroupware | 1.0.0.007-2.dfsg-2 |
| — |
| php4 | 4:4.3.10-15 |
| — |
| phpgroupware | 0.9.16.005-3 |
| — |
Debian:3.0(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| php4 | 4:4.1.2-7 ... 4:4.1.2-7woody2 (6 versions) |
| — |
| phpgroupware | 0.9.14-0.RC3.2.woody3 ... 1:0.9.16.016+dfsg-1 (42 versions) |
| — |
Debian:4.0(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| php4 | — |
| — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
All Vendor Advisories
(2)
Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 20× in last 30d)
Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.
A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. 13 repeat rows among the latest 73 are merged into the row they repeat.
- 2026-10-25 20:47 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-25 16:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 79% · 99th percentile
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- 2026-10-22 16:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 79% · 99th percentile
- 2026-10-22 11:10 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-22 11:10 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-22 11:09 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7mjj-9265-43wm · GitHub severity HIGH
- 2026-10-21 16:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 79% · 99th percentile
- 2026-10-19 16:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 79% · 99th percentile
- 2026-10-18 12:15 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-10-12 21:23 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-12 21:23 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-12 21:23 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7mjj-9265-43wm · GitHub severity HIGH
- 2026-10-12 02:19 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-09 19:58 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 79% · 99th percentile
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- 2026-07-26 13:26 UTCEG score recomputeAssessed again: 7.5 HIGH
- 2026-07-24 14:11 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 79% · 99th percentile
- 2026-07-23 00:48 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-23 00:28 UTCEG score recompute▼ 8.00
- 2026-07-22 23:52 UTCEG score recomputeFirst assessed: 8.0 HIGH
- 2026-07-22 21:32 UTCEG score recompute▼ 9.00
- 2026-07-15 16:53 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 79% · 99th percentile
- 2026-07-13 06:07 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 79% · 99th percentile
- 2026-07-11 08:22 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 79% · 99th percentile
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- 2026-06-17 17:49 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 79% · 99th percentile
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- 2026-06-15 17:44 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 79% · 99th percentile
- 2026-06-13 22:56 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 86% · 99th percentile
- 2026-06-12 23:08 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 86% · 99th percentile
- 2026-06-11 13:55 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 86% · 99th percentile
- 2026-06-10 13:17 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 86% · 99th percentile
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- 2026-06-05 22:43 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 86% · 99th percentile
- 2026-05-31 12:47 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-05-31 12:47 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-05-31 12:47 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7mjj-9265-43wm · GitHub severity HIGH
- 2026-05-31 00:13 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 86% · 99th percentile
- 2026-05-29 13:40 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 86% · 99th percentile
- 2026-05-28 13:42 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 86% · 99th percentile
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- 2026-05-18 21:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 86% · 99th percentile
Publicly available exploits
(6 references)Public exploit code is referenced for this CVE (1 Metasploit module, 5 Exploit-DB entries). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly.
- Exploit-DBEDB-16882✓ verifiedPublished Jul 25, 2010
XML-RPC Library 1.3.0 - 'xmlrpc.php' Arbitrary Code Execution (Metasploit)
Open source ↗ - Metasploitexploit/unix/webapp/php_xmlrpc_eval✓ verifiedPublished Jun 16, 2006
PHP XML-RPC Arbitrary Code Execution
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-1083✓ verifiedPublished Jul 4, 2005
XML-RPC Library 1.3.0 - 'xmlrpc.php' Remote Command Execution (2)
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-1084✓ verifiedPublished Jul 4, 2005
XML-RPC Library 1.3.0 - 'xmlrpc.php' Remote Command Execution (3)
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-1078✓ verifiedPublished Jul 1, 2005
XML-RPC Library 1.3.0 - 'xmlrpc.php' Remote Code Injection
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-43829Published Jul 2, 2015
PHPXMLRPC < 1.1 - Remote Code Execution
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