CVE-2015-10141 (GCVE-0-2015-10141)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-07-23 13:53
Modified
2025-07-23 14:34
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
CWE
  • CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
  • CWE-306 - Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Summary
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.
References
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttp://web.archive.org/web/20231226215418/https://paper.seebug.org/397/
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://kirtixs.com/blog/2015/11/13/xpwn-exploiting-xdebug-enabled-servers/
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44568
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://www.fortiguard.com/encyclopedia/ips/46000
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/xdebug-remote-debugger-unauth-os-command-execution
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://xdebug.org/
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