CVE-2015-10141

July 23, 2025, 2:15 p.m.

9.3
Critical

Description

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.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Derick Rethans
  • Xdebug
  • 2.5.5, <2.5.5

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-78
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a derick_rethans xdebug 2.5.5 / / / / / / /
a derick_rethans xdebug <2.5.5 / / / / / / /

References

http://web.archive.org/web/20231226215418/https://paper.seebug.org/397/
https://kirtixs.com/blog/2015/11/13/xpwn-exploiting-xdebug-enabled-servers/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44568
https://www.fortiguard.com/encyclopedia/ips/46000
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/xdebug-remote-debugger-unauth-os-command-execution
https://xdebug.org/

Tags

CWE-78
disclosure@vulncheck.com
2025-07-23
CVE-2015-10141

CVSS Score

9.3 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Attack Requirements: NONE
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • User Interaction: NONE
  • Scope:
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: HIGH
  • Exploit Maturity: NOT_DEFINED

    • 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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Timeline

Published: July 23, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
Last Modified: July 23, 2025, 2:15 p.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

disclosure@vulncheck.com

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