sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c in PHP before 5.3.13 and 5.4.x before 5.4.3, when configured as a CGI script (aka php-cgi), does not properly handle query strings that contain a %3D sequence but no = (equals sign) character, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by placing command-line options in the query string, related to lack of skipping a certain php_getopt for the 'd' case. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-1823.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Osx Note | — | Apply OS X security update 2012-004Upgrade macOS to the latest version | Aug 28, 2015 | May 11, 2012 |
| Apple Osx Php | — | Apply OS X security update 2012-004Upgrade macOS to the latest version | Sep 27, 2012 | May 11, 2012 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade php5Upgrade php53Upgrade php52 | Dec 10, 2025 | May 12, 2012 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-lang/php. | Oct 30, 2017 | May 11, 2012 |
| Hpsmh | — | Upgrade to the latest version of HP System Management Homepage | Oct 13, 2015 | May 11, 2012 |
| Hpux | — | Update hpuxws22APACHE.PHP to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APACHE.AUTH_LDAP2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APACHE.APACHE to the latest versionUpdate hpuxwsAPACHE.MOD_JK2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APACHE.WEBPROXY to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APCH32.MOD_JK2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APACHE.MOD_PERL to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APACHE.AUTH_LDAP to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APACHE.WEBPROXY2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxwsAPACHE.MOD_PERL2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APACHE.MOD_JK2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxwsAPACHE.AUTH_LDAP to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APACHE.PHP2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APCH32.PHP to the latest versionUpdate hpuxwsAPACHE.APACHE to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APCH32.AUTH_LDAP to the latest versionUpdate hpuxwsAPACHE.WEBPROXY to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APCH32.MOD_PERL to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APCH32.WEBPROXY to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APCH32.MOD_PERL2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APACHE.MOD_JK to the latest versionUpdate hpuxwsAPACHE.PHP2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APCH32.AUTH_LDAP2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxwsAPACHE.APACHE2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APCH32.MOD_JK to the latest versionUpdate hpuxwsAPACHE.PHP to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APCH32.PHP2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APACHE.MOD_PERL2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APACHE.APACHE2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxwsAPACHE.MOD_PERL to the latest versionUpdate hpuxwsAPACHE.MOD_JK to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APCH32.APACHE2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxwsAPACHE.AUTH_LDAP2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APCH32.WEBPROXY2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APCH32.APACHE to the latest version | Aug 11, 2017 | May 11, 2012 |
| Php | — | Upgrade to PHP version 5.3.13Upgrade to PHP version 5.4.3 | Jul 17, 2012 | May 11, 2012 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade php53-curlUpgrade php53-sysvsemUpgrade php53-suhosinUpgrade php7-ctypeUpgrade php53-gettextUpgrade php8-gmpUpgrade php8-sysvshmUpgrade php8-sodiumUpgrade php7-pdoUpgrade apache2-mod_php8Upgrade php53-calendarUpgrade php8-fileinfoUpgrade php7-tokenizerUpgrade php7-develUpgrade php53-ftpUpgrade php8-domUpgrade php7-pgsqlUpgrade php8-xmlreaderUpgrade php7-xmlwriterUpgrade php7-iconvUpgrade php53-mbstringUpgrade php8-pcntlUpgrade php53-posixUpgrade php53-pgsqlUpgrade php8-ftpUpgrade php53-mysqlUpgrade php53-socketsUpgrade php53-wddxUpgrade apache2-mod_php7Upgrade php8-readlineUpgrade php53-develUpgrade php8-iconvUpgrade php7-jsonUpgrade php8-bcmathUpgrade php8-exifUpgrade php53-shmopUpgrade php8-enchantUpgrade php53-mcryptUpgrade php53-odbcUpgrade php53-imapUpgrade php8-sqliteUpgrade php53-domUpgrade php7-sqliteUpgrade php8-shmopUpgrade php53-tidyUpgrade php53-sysvmsgUpgrade php53-jsonUpgrade php8-gettextUpgrade php8-ffiUpgrade php8-fpmUpgrade php8-fastcgiUpgrade php53-ldapUpgrade php53-soapUpgrade php8-opensslUpgrade apache2-mod_php53Upgrade php53-bz2Upgrade php53-xmlreaderUpgrade php53-zipUpgrade php8-ldapUpgrade php8-embedUpgrade php8-pharUpgrade php8-sysvsemUpgrade php8-sysvmsgUpgrade php53-sqliteUpgrade php53-sysvshmUpgrade php53-dbaUpgrade php53-exifUpgrade php53-bcmathUpgrade php8Upgrade php8-posixUpgrade php53-tokenizerUpgrade php53-opensslUpgrade php8-ctypeUpgrade php53-readlineUpgrade php53-fastcgiUpgrade php7-domUpgrade php8-pdoUpgrade php53-intlUpgrade php53-iconvUpgrade php8-curlUpgrade php53-fileinfoUpgrade php53-snmpUpgrade php8-calendarUpgrade php8-intlUpgrade php53-zlibUpgrade php8-mysqlUpgrade php7Upgrade php8-fpm-apacheUpgrade php53-pdoUpgrade php8-pgsqlUpgrade php72-develUpgrade php53-ctypeUpgrade php8-gdUpgrade php53-gmpUpgrade php8-opcacheUpgrade php8-dbaUpgrade php8-snmpUpgrade php7-mysqlUpgrade php8-socketsUpgrade php8-odbcUpgrade php53-xslUpgrade php8-tokenizerUpgrade php53-pearUpgrade php5-develUpgrade php53-pcntlUpgrade php53-gdUpgrade php53-pspellUpgrade php53-xmlrpcUpgrade php8-xmlwriterUpgrade php7-xmlreaderUpgrade php8-develUpgrade php53-xmlwriterUpgrade php8-bz2Upgrade php53Upgrade php8-zlibUpgrade php8-cliUpgrade php8-mbstringUpgrade php8-zipUpgrade php8-tidyUpgrade php8-xslUpgrade php8-soap | Feb 17, 2015 | Jun 28, 2013 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade php5-cgi | Nov 8, 2024 | May 11, 2012 |
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