vulnerability
PHP Vulnerability: CVE-2021-21702
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Feb 15, 2021 | Mar 12, 2021 | Mar 30, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 15, 2021
Added
Mar 12, 2021
Modified
Mar 30, 2026
Description
In PHP versions 7.3.x below 7.3.27, 7.4.x below 7.4.15 and 8.0.x below 8.0.2, when using SOAP extension to connect to a SOAP server, a malicious SOAP server could return malformed XML data as a response that would cause PHP to access a null pointer and thus cause a crash.
Solutions
php-upgrade-7_3_26php-upgrade-7_4_14php-upgrade-8_0_1
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