CVE-2007-5898

Description

The (1) htmlentities and (2) htmlspecialchars functions in PHP before 5.2.5 accept partial multibyte sequences, which has unknown impact and attack vectors, a different issue than CVE-2006-5465.

6.4

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 3.21% Top 15%

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Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.5
https://launchpad.net/bugs/173043
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0546.html	vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00773.html	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html	vendor advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1943
http://secunia.com/advisories/28658	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30828	third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1444	vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0582.html	vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-628-1	vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0545.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27864	third party advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018934	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/31124	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31119	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30040	third party advisory
http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_5.php
http://secunia.com/advisories/27659	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31200	third party advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/549-1/	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10080	vdb entry signature
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491693/100/0/threaded	vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0544.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27648	third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28249	third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:125	vendor advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0242
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0505.html	vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-549-2	vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:126	vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:127	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-5898?: CVE-2007-5898 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-5898?: To fix CVE-2007-5898, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-5898 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2007-5898 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.