Vulnerabilities / CVE-2015-5243

critical

CVE-2015-5243

PHP Code Injection

Published Modified CWE 94
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GHSA9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, GHSA.

Description

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

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
composer::GitHub Security Advisory Composerbrightlocal/phpwhois, david-garcia/phpwhois, ivankristianto/phpwhois and 6 more5.1.0
composer::PHP Security Advisories Databasebrightlocal/phpwhois, david-garcia/phpwhois, ivankristianto/phpwhois and 7 moreno fix listed
Show all 19 entries from 2 sources
SourcePackageFixed in
composer::GitHub Security Advisory Composerbrightlocal/phpwhoisno fix listed
composer::GitHub Security Advisory Composerdavid-garcia/phpwhoisno fix listed
composer::GitHub Security Advisory Composerivankristianto/phpwhoisno fix listed
composer::GitHub Security Advisory Composerjsmitty12/phpwhois5.1.0
composer::GitHub Security Advisory Composerkazist/phpwhoisno fix listed
composer::GitHub Security Advisory Composerphpwhois/phpwhoisno fix listed
composer::GitHub Security Advisory Composerserluck/phpwhoisno fix listed
composer::GitHub Security Advisory Composersimple-updates/phpwhoisno fix listed
composer::GitHub Security Advisory Composertruckersmp/phpwhoisno fix listed
composer::PHP Security Advisories Databasebrightlocal/phpwhoisno fix listed
composer::PHP Security Advisories Databasedavid-garcia/phpwhoisno fix listed
composer::PHP Security Advisories Databaseivankristianto/phpwhoisno fix listed
composer::PHP Security Advisories Databasejsmitty12/phpwhoisno fix listed
composer::PHP Security Advisories Databasekazist/phpwhoisno fix listed
composer::PHP Security Advisories Databasephpwhois/phpwhoisno fix listed
composer::PHP Security Advisories Databaseserluck/phpwhoisno fix listed
composer::PHP Security Advisories Databasesimple-updates/phpwhoisno fix listed
composer::PHP Security Advisories Databasetheonedemon/phpwhoisno fix listed
composer::PHP Security Advisories Databasetruckersmp/phpwhoisno fix listed

References

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