CVE-2015-5243

CRITICAL

phpwhois < 4.2.2 - Remote Code Execution via Crafted Whois Record

Title source: manual

phpWhois allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted whois record.

Core 6

Core References

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.0619

EPSS Percentile 92.6%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-94

Status published

Products (10)

brightlocal/phpwhois 0Packagist

david-garcia/phpwhois 0Packagist

ivankristianto/phpwhois 0Packagist

jsmitty12/phpwhois 0 - 5.1.0Packagist

kazist/phpwhois 0Packagist

phpwhois/phpwhois 0Packagist

phpwhois_project/phpwhois < 4.2.2

serluck/phpwhois 0Packagist

simple-updates/phpwhois 0Packagist

truckersmp/phpwhois 0Packagist

Published Aug 20, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026