CVE-2015-5243 (GCVE-0-2015-5243)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-08-20 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 06:41
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
phpWhois allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted whois record.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
6 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/jsmitty12/phpWhois/issues/19 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/pu… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/sparc/phpWhois.org/commit/5cc5… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/Gemorroj/phpwhois/commit/91c93… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://blog.nettitude.com/uk/cve-2015-5243-phpwh… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/jsmitty12/phpWhois/blob/master… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Date Public
2015-12-02 00:00
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