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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2007-1701

PHP 4 before 4.4.5, and PHP 5 before 5.2.1, when register_globals is enabled, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via deserialization of session data, which overwrites arbitrary global variables, as demonstrated by calling…

MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 9.23%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (9.23%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

PHP 4 before 4.4.5, and PHP 5 before 5.2.1, when register_globals is enabled, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via deserialization of session data, which overwrites arbitrary global variables, as demonstrated by calling session_decode on a string beginning with "_SESSION|s:39:".

CVSS 2.0
6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
9.23% probability · 95th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-502
Affected
php/php
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.