The masort function in lib/functions.php in phpLDAPadmin 1.2.x before 1.2.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the orderby parameter (aka sortby variable) in a query_engine action to cmd.php, as exploited in the wild in October 2011.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2011-4075 is rated High Exploit Risk (80.9/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 84.40%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 6 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.16% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18031 | exploit_db | edb | 2011-10-25 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| 18021 | exploit_db | edb | 2011-10-23 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-05-04 | 83.23% | 84.40% | +1.16% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 84.14% | 83.23% | -0.90% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 84.14% | — |
Full EPSS history (14 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2011-4075 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (phpldapadmin), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4075 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2011-4075 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (phpldapadmin), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): released 5, ignored 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-4075 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| phpldapadmin_project | phpldapadmin | 1.2.0 | cpe:2.3:a:phpldapadmin_project:phpldapadmin:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| phpldapadmin_project | phpldapadmin | 1.2.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:phpldapadmin_project:phpldapadmin:1.2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| phpldapadmin_project | phpldapadmin | 1.2.0.2 | cpe:2.3:a:phpldapadmin_project:phpldapadmin:1.2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| phpldapadmin_project | phpldapadmin | 1.2.0.3 | cpe:2.3:a:phpldapadmin_project:phpldapadmin:1.2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| phpldapadmin_project | phpldapadmin | 1.2.0.4 | cpe:2.3:a:phpldapadmin_project:phpldapadmin:1.2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| phpldapadmin_project | phpldapadmin | 1.2.0.5 | cpe:2.3:a:phpldapadmin_project:phpldapadmin:1.2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| phpldapadmin_project | phpldapadmin | 1.2.1 | cpe:2.3:a:phpldapadmin_project:phpldapadmin:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| phpldapadmin_project | phpldapadmin | 1.2.1.1 | cpe:2.3:a:phpldapadmin_project:phpldapadmin:1.2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |