CVE-2012-2335
php-wrapper.fcgi does not properly handle command-line arguments, which allows remote attackers to bypass a protection mechanism in PHP 5.3.12 and 5.4.2 and execute arbitrary code by leveraging improper interaction between the PHP sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 32.2%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
php-wrapper.fcgi does not properly handle command-line arguments, which allows remote attackers to bypass a protection mechanism in PHP 5.3.12 and 5.4.2 and execute arbitrary code by leveraging improper interaction between the PHP sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c component and a query string beginning with a +- sequence.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 32.23% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- php/php
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 32.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://eindbazen.net/2012/05/php-cgi-advisory-cve-2012-1823/
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c%3Bh=a7ac26f0#l1569
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00003.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49014
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/520827US Government Resource
- http://www.php.net/archive/2012.php#id2012-05-06-1
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61910Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75652
- https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c03839862
- http://eindbazen.net/2012/05/php-cgi-advisory-cve-2012-1823/
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c%3Bh=a7ac26f0#l1569
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00003.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49014
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/520827US Government Resource
- http://www.php.net/archive/2012.php#id2012-05-06-1
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61910Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75652
- https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c03839862
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.