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CVE-2002-1783
CRLF injection vulnerability in PHP 4.2.1 through 4.2.3, when allow_url_fopen is enabled, allows remote attackers to modify HTTP headers…
Medium5.0EPSS 16.7%
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- mitre
Description
CRLF injection vulnerability in PHP 4.2.1 through 4.2.3, when allow_url_fopen is enabled, allows remote attackers to modify HTTP headers for outgoing requests by causing CRLF sequences to be injected into arguments that are passed to the (1) fopen or (2) file functions.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 16.7% · top 3.0% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- 20020912 Re: PHP fopen() CRLF Injection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 5681 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- php-fopen-crlf-injection(10080) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- DSA-168 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20020909 PHP fopen() CRLF Injection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .