National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-1287
Original release date:03/06/2007
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
A regression error in the phpinfo function in PHP 4.4.3 to 4.4.6, and PHP 6.0 in CVS, allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via GET, POST, or COOKIE array values, which are not escaped in the phpinfo output, as originally fixed for CVE-2005-3388.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification
- Official Statement from Red Hat (04/16/2007)
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The phpinfo function should not be used in publically-accessible PHP scripts.
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External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.php-security.org/MOPB/MOPB-08-2007.html
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: BID
Name: 25159
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 32774
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-2732
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://us2.php.net/releases/4_4_7.php
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26235
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2007-07-31
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172