Vulnerability CVE-2015-5243
Published: 2018-08-20

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

Type:

CWE-94

 (Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Phpwhois -> Phpwhois 

 References:
https://blog.nettitude.com/uk/cve-2015-5243-phpwhois-remote-code-execution
https://github.com/Gemorroj/phpwhois/commit/91c937e03c876ba1290b6de2a3ad953d2105fdd0
https://github.com/jsmitty12/phpWhois/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
https://github.com/jsmitty12/phpWhois/issues/19
https://github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2018/SBA-ADV-20180425-01_phpWhois_Code_Execution
https://github.com/sparc/phpWhois.org/commit/5cc572490c9053d46598ec9348a11e36a5a33a46#diff-f150ae17da7341bf6c2eff928684b3a3
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