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UBUNTU-CVE-2015-10141 (CVE-2015-10141)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2025-07-23 14:15 – Updated: 2026-05-20 14:49 – Source website

Details

An unauthenticated OS command injection vulnerability exists within Xdebug versions 2.5.5 and earlier, a PHP debugging extension developed by Derick Rethans. When remote debugging is enabled, Xdebug listens on port 9000 and accepts debugger protocol commands without authentication. An attacker can send a crafted eval command over this interface to execute arbitrary PHP code, which may invoke system-level functions such as system() or passthru(). This results in full compromise of the host under the privileges of the web server user.

Severity

9.3 (Critical)


                    
                      CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-10141	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-10141	REPORT
	http://web.archive.org/web/20231226215418/https:/…	REPORT
	https://kirtixs.com/blog/2015/11/13/xpwn-exploiti…	REPORT
	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44568	REPORT
	https://www.fortiguard.com/encyclopedia/ips/46000	REPORT
	https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/xdebug-remot…	REPORT
	https://xdebug.org/	REPORT

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CVE-2015-10141 (GCVE-0-2015-10141)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-23 13:53 – Updated: 2026-05-15 11:14

Title

Xdebug Remote Debugger Unauthenticated OS Command Execution

Summary

Severity

9.3 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-07-23 14:33 UTC

CWE

CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
CWE-306 - Missing Authentication for Critical Function

Assigner

VulnCheck mitre root

References

6 references

URL	Tags
https://xdebug.org/	product
https://kirtixs.com/blog/2015/11/13/xpwn-exploiti…	technical-description
http://web.archive.org/web/20231226215418/https:/…	technical-description
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44568	exploit
https://www.fortiguard.com/encyclopedia/ips/46000	third-party-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/xdebug-remot…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Xdebug	Xdebug	Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.5.5 (semver)

Date Public

2018-05-02 00:00

Credits

Ricter Zheng

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