CVE-2016-6175
Eval injection vulnerability in php-gettext 1.0.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted plural forms header.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 19.7%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Eval injection vulnerability in php-gettext 1.0.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted plural forms header.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 19.66% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 25 July 2016
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- php-gettext project/php-gettext
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 15.3% on 21 September 2026 to 19.7% on 4 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/php-gettext/+bug/1606184
- https://github.com/NagVis/nagvis/commit/4fe8672a5aec3467da72b5852ca6d283c15adb53
- https://kmkz-web-blog.blogspot.cz/2016/07/advisory-cve-2016-6175.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40154/
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/php-gettext/+bug/1606184
- https://github.com/NagVis/nagvis/commit/4fe8672a5aec3467da72b5852ca6d283c15adb53
- https://kmkz-web-blog.blogspot.cz/2016/07/advisory-cve-2016-6175.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40154/
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