Argument injection vulnerability in the ping function in Ping.php in the Net_Ping package before 2.4.5 for PEAR allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via the host parameter. NOTE: this has also been reported as a shell metacharacter problem.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade pear-Net_PingUpgrade pear-Net_Traceroute | Dec 10, 2025 | Jan 4, 2010 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade php-net-ping | Nov 19, 2024 | Nov 29, 2009 |
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