Critical severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 23, 2025· Updated Apr 15, 2026
CVE-2015-10141
CVE-2015-10141
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.
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References
6- web.archive.org/web/20231226215418/https://paper.seebug.org/397/nvd
- kirtixs.com/blog/2015/11/13/xpwn-exploiting-xdebug-enabled-servers/nvd
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44568nvd
- www.fortiguard.com/encyclopedia/ips/46000nvd
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/xdebug-remote-debugger-unauth-os-command-executionnvd
- xdebug.orgnvd
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