Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpinfo (info.c) in PHP 5.1.2 and 4.4.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script…

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpinfo (info.c) in PHP 5.1.2 and 4.4.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via long array variables, including (1) a large number of dimensions or (2) long values, which prevents HTML tags from being removed.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

11.1% · top 4.1% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-79 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-79 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (33)

• 675 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
• 19775 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 21252 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 24484 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• 20222 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20210 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-4.php#4.4.3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-160.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 17362 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• RHSA-2006:0276 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• GLSA-200605-08 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• http://cvs.php.net/viewcvs.cgi/php-src/ext/standard/info.c?r1=1.260&r2=1.261 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2006-1290 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• USN-320-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• RHSA-2006:0501 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 1015879 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 20060408 phpinfo() Cross Site Scripting PHP 5.1.2 and 4.4.2 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONRESx_transferred
• 19979 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2006:0549 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 20951 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 21125 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10997 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-129.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 19599 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDKSA-2006:074 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 19832 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://cvs.php.net/viewcvs.cgi/php-src/ext/standard/info.c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 20052 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 21564 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• php-phpinfo-long-array-xss(25702) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• ADV-2006-2685 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2006:024 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• [php-cvs] 20060330 cvs: php-src /ext/standard info.c (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 16:56 UTC.