The htmlspecialchars function in PHP before 5.2.12 does not properly handle (1) overlong UTF-8 sequences, (2) invalid Shift_JIS sequences, and (3) invalid EUC-JP sequences, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by placing a crafted byte sequence before a special character.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.1
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Osx Php | — | Apply OS X security update 2010-002 | Dec 16, 2011 | Dec 21, 2009 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade php-xmlrpcUpgrade php-soapUpgrade php-commonUpgrade php-imapUpgrade php-dbaUpgrade php-mbstringUpgrade php-snmpUpgrade php-mysqlUpgrade php-gdUpgrade php-pgsqlUpgrade php-ncursesUpgrade php-cliUpgrade php-domxmlUpgrade php-xmlUpgrade php-bcmathUpgrade php-ldapUpgrade php-pearUpgrade phpUpgrade php-pdoUpgrade php-odbcUpgrade php-devel | Dec 1, 2016 | Dec 21, 2009 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade php5 | Dec 10, 2025 | Dec 17, 2009 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-lang/php. | Oct 30, 2017 | Dec 21, 2009 |
| Hpux | — | Update hpuxwsAPACHE.PHP to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APACHE.PHP2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxwsAPACHE.PHP2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APCH32.PHP to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APCH32.PHP2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxwsAPCH32.PHP2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APACHE.PHP to the latest versionUpdate hpuxwsAPCH32.PHP to the latest version | Aug 11, 2017 | Dec 21, 2009 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade php-mysqlUpgrade php-gdUpgrade php-develUpgrade php-xmlUpgrade php-mbstringUpgrade php-snmpUpgrade php-xmlrpcUpgrade php-cliUpgrade php-dbaUpgrade php-bcmathUpgrade phpUpgrade php-odbcUpgrade php-pdoUpgrade php-commonUpgrade php-ldapUpgrade php-pgsqlUpgrade php-ncursesUpgrade php-imapUpgrade php-soap | Oct 16, 2024 | Dec 21, 2009 |
| Php | — | Upgrade to PHP version 5.2.12 | Oct 1, 2012 | Dec 21, 2009 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade php5-fileinfoUpgrade php5-mbstringUpgrade php5-xmlwriterUpgrade php5-iconvUpgrade php5-zlibUpgrade php5-sysvmsgUpgrade php5-suhosinUpgrade php5-dbaseUpgrade php5-opensslUpgrade php5-intlUpgrade php5-gettextUpgrade php5-xslUpgrade php5-wddxUpgrade php5-domUpgrade apache2-mod_php5Upgrade php5-tidyUpgrade php5-posixUpgrade php5-pearUpgrade php5-socketsUpgrade php5-pspellUpgrade php5-exifUpgrade php5-xmlrpcUpgrade php5-tokenizerUpgrade php5-zipUpgrade php5-sysvshmUpgrade php5-imapUpgrade php5-gdUpgrade php5-pgsqlUpgrade php5-ctypeUpgrade php5-mcryptUpgrade php5-sqliteUpgrade php5-dbaUpgrade php5-bcmathUpgrade php5-enchantUpgrade php5-soapUpgrade php5-readlineUpgrade php5-fastcgiUpgrade php5-gmpUpgrade php5-xmlreaderUpgrade php5-hashUpgrade php5-bz2Upgrade php5-jsonUpgrade php5-mysqlUpgrade php5-develUpgrade php5-pcntlUpgrade php5-snmpUpgrade php5-ldapUpgrade php5-ncursesUpgrade php5-mhashUpgrade php5-ftpUpgrade php5-odbcUpgrade php5-shmopUpgrade php5-calendarUpgrade sap-aio-releaseUpgrade php5-curlUpgrade php5-pdoUpgrade php5-sysvsemUpgrade php5-phar | Feb 17, 2015 | Dec 21, 2009 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade php5-cgiUpgrade php5-cli | Nov 8, 2024 | Dec 21, 2009 |
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