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CVE-2005-3388 json

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 inje…

published 21y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2005-3387

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
48.9%
EPSS 48.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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."

Patch / fix

  • php RHEL 3 4.3.2-26.ent
  • php RHEL 4 4.3.9-3.9
  • php-gd RHEL 4 4.3.9-3.9
  • php-imap RHEL 3 4.3.2-26.ent
  • php-imap RHEL 4 4.3.9-3.9
  • php-ldap RHEL 3 4.3.2-26.ent
  • php-ldap RHEL 4 4.3.9-3.9
  • php-odbc RHEL 3 4.3.2-26.ent

red hat advisories RHSA-2005:831

  • php7 openSUSE Tumbleweed 7.4.24-1.1
  • php8 openSUSE Tumbleweed 8.0.11-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11167-1openSUSE-SU-2024:11169-1

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2005-3388 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 php 4.3.2-26.ent, php-imap 4.3.2-26.ent, php-ldap 4.3.2-26.ent, php-odbc 4.3.2-26.ent, php-mysql 4.3.2-26.ent, php-pgsql 4.3.2-26.ent Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 php 4.3.2-26.ent, php-imap 4.3.2-26.ent, php-ldap 4.3.2-26.ent, php-odbc 4.3.2-26.ent, php-mysql 4.3.2-26.ent, php-pgsql 4.3.2-26.ent Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 php 4.3.9-3.9, php-gd 4.3.9-3.9, php-imap 4.3.9-3.9, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.9, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.9, php-pear 4.3.9-3.9, +7 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 php 4.3.9-3.9, php-gd 4.3.9-3.9, php-imap 4.3.9-3.9, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.9, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.9, php-pear 4.3.9-3.9, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:831
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:838
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 php 4.3.2-26.ent, php-imap 4.3.2-26.ent, php-ldap 4.3.2-26.ent, php-odbc 4.3.2-26.ent, php-mysql 4.3.2-26.ent, php-pgsql 4.3.2-26.ent Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 php 4.3.9-3.9, php-gd 4.3.9-3.9, php-imap 4.3.9-3.9, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.9, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.9, php-pear 4.3.9-3.9, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:831
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:838
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 php 4.3.2-26.ent, php-imap 4.3.2-26.ent, php-ldap 4.3.2-26.ent, php-odbc 4.3.2-26.ent, php-mysql 4.3.2-26.ent, php-pgsql 4.3.2-26.ent Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 php 4.3.9-3.9, php-gd 4.3.9-3.9, php-imap 4.3.9-3.9, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.9, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.9, php-pear 4.3.9-3.9, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:831
  • Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:838
  • Red Hat Stronghold 4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:882
  • Red Hat Stronghold 4.0 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (version 2.1)
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0549

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-26442)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

48.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-14).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-26442 PHP 4.x - PHPInfo Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2005-10-31

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

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Sources

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