VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-5243
phpWhois allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted whois record.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 6.19%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.19%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
phpWhois allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted whois record.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 6.19% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- phpwhois project/phpwhois
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 6.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://blog.nettitude.com/uk/cve-2015-5243-phpwhois-remote-code-executionThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Gemorroj/phpwhois/commit/91c937e03c876ba1290b6de2a3ad953d2105fdd0Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/jsmitty12/phpWhois/blob/master/CHANGELOG.mdRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/jsmitty12/phpWhois/issues/19Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2018/SBA-ADV-20180425-01_phpWhois_Code_ExecutionExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/sparc/phpWhois.org/commit/5cc572490c9053d46598ec9348a11e36a5a33a46#diff-f150ae17da7341bf6c2eff928684b3a3Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://blog.nettitude.com/uk/cve-2015-5243-phpwhois-remote-code-executionThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Gemorroj/phpwhois/commit/91c937e03c876ba1290b6de2a3ad953d2105fdd0Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/jsmitty12/phpWhois/blob/master/CHANGELOG.mdRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/jsmitty12/phpWhois/issues/19Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2018/SBA-ADV-20180425-01_phpWhois_Code_ExecutionExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/sparc/phpWhois.org/commit/5cc572490c9053d46598ec9348a11e36a5a33a46#diff-f150ae17da7341bf6c2eff928684b3a3Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.