PHP up to 5.0.5 phpinfo cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in PHP. This affects the function phpinfo. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2005-3388. The attack may be performed from remote. In addition, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in PHP (Programming Language Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function phpinfo. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the phpinfo function in PHP 4.x up to 4.4.0 and 5.x up to 5.0.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL with a "stacked array assignment."

The bug was discovered 10/31/2005. The weakness was presented 11/01/2005 by Stefan Esser with hardened-php.net as confirmed posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-3388 since 11/01/2005. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21871 (CentOS 3 / 4 : php (CESA-2005:831)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117800 (CentOS Security Update for PHP (CESA-2005:1110)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (26442), Tenable (21871), SecurityFocus (BID 15248†), OSVDB (20406†) and Secunia (SA17371†). See VDB-1846, VDB-1844, VDB-1850 and VDB-1845 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
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Nessus ID: 21871
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 : php (CESA-2005:831)
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OpenVAS ID: 55777
OpenVAS Name: PHP -- multiple vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Product: php.org

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Stefan Esser
Organization: hardened-php.net
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-3388 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3388
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26738

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SecurityFocus: 15248 - PHP PHPInfo Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 17371 - PHP Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 20406 - PHP phpinfo() function allows cross-site scripting
SecurityTracker: 1015130
Vulnerability Center: 9588 - PHP <4.4.1 / 5.0.6 XSS via \, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2005-2254

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 09/15/2025 12:14
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (88), 07/23/2019 15:54 (5), 09/15/2025 12:14 (19)
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