CVE-2015-5243

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

6.19% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 93.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2018-08-20 21:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 06:41Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2015-07-01

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

a5517c5cdb404c338893213911b3c47b1db736d89a36137190ce461b2b070030

• github.comhttps://github.com/jsmitty12/phpWhois/issues/19x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2018/SBA-ADV-20180425-01_phpWhois_Code_Executionx_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/sparc/phpWhois.org/commit/5cc572490c9053d46598ec9348a11e36a5a33a46#diff-f150ae17da7341bf6c2eff928684b3a3x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/Gemorroj/phpwhois/commit/91c937e03c876ba1290b6de2a3ad953d2105fdd0x_refsource_CONFIRM
• blog.nettitude.comhttps://blog.nettitude.com/uk/cve-2015-5243-phpwhois-remote-code-executionx_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/jsmitty12/phpWhois/blob/master/CHANGELOG.mdx_refsource_CONFIRM