VDB
CVE-2015-10141
CVE-2015-10141
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 65.71% · 98.5th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
65.71%
98.5th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | xdebug | 0, 2.9.2+2.8.1+2.5.5-1build1, 2.9.2+2.8.1+2.5.5-1 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | xdebug | 0, 2.3.3-1ubuntu1, 2.3.3-2 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | xdebug | 2.5.5-3, 2.6.0-0ubuntu1, 0 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | xdebug | 0, 3.2.0+3.1.6+2.9.8+2.8.1+2.5.5-3build1, 3.2.0+3.1.6+2.9.8+2.8.1+2.5.5-3ubuntu1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | xdebug | *, 0, 3.0.3+2.9.8+2.8.1+2.5.5-0+deb11u1build1 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | xdebug | 0, 3.4.3-1, 3.4.5-3 |
Exploit Intelligence
- PoC for CVE-2015-10141 – Xdebug unauthenticated RCE (github-poc-repo)
- PoC for CVE-2015-10141 – Xdebug unauthenticated RCE (github-poc-repo)
- PoC for CVE-2015-10141 – Xdebug unauthenticated RCE (github-poc-repo)
- PoC for CVE-2015-10141 – Xdebug unauthenticated RCE (github-poc-repo)
- PoC for CVE-2015-10141 – Xdebug unauthenticated RCE (github-poc-repo)
- PoC for CVE-2015-10141 – Xdebug unauthenticated RCE (github-poc-repo)
- PoC for CVE-2015-10141 – Xdebug unauthenticated RCE (github-poc)
- PoC for CVE-2015-10141 – Xdebug unauthenticated RCE (github-poc)
- PoC for CVE-2015-10141 – Xdebug unauthenticated RCE (github-poc)
- PoC for CVE-2015-10141 – Xdebug unauthenticated RCE (github-poc)
…and 41 more exploits
Timeline
- May 29, 2018 PoC Published
- Jul 23, 2025 CVE Published
- Jul 24, 2025 EPSS Score
- Aug 2, 2025 EPSS Score
- Aug 13, 2025 PoC Published
- Aug 17, 2025 EPSS Score
- Aug 20, 2025 EPSS Score
- Sep 7, 2025 EPSS Score
- Sep 16, 2025 EPSS Score
- Oct 4, 2025 EPSS Score
- Oct 8, 2025 EPSS Score
- Oct 13, 2025 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-10141 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-10141 third-party-advisory
- http://web.archive.org/web/20231226215418/https://paper.seebug.org/397/ third-party-advisory
- https://kirtixs.com/blog/2015/11/13/xpwn-exploiting-xdebug-enabled-servers/ third-party-advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44568 third-party-advisory
- https://www.fortiguard.com/encyclopedia/ips/46000 third-party-advisory
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/xdebug-remote-debugger-unauth-os-command-execution third-party-advisory
- https://xdebug.org/ third-party-advisory