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medium 6.4

CVE-2012-0057 json

PHP before 5.3.9 has improper libxslt security settings, which allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files via a crafted XSLT stylesh…

published 2012-02-02 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-0095

cvss
6.4
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.0%
EPSS 3.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

PHP before 5.3.9 has improper libxslt security settings, which allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files via a crafted XSLT stylesheet that uses the libxslt output extension.

Patch / fix

  • php53 RHEL 5 5.3.3-13.el5_8
  • php53-gd RHEL 5 5.3.3-13.el5_8
  • php53-cli RHEL 5 5.3.3-13.el5_8
  • php53-dba RHEL 5 5.3.3-13.el5_8
  • php53-pdo RHEL 5 5.3.3-13.el5_8
  • php53-xml RHEL 5 5.3.3-13.el5_8
  • php53-imap RHEL 5 5.3.3-13.el5_8
  • php53-intl RHEL 5 5.3.3-13.el5_8

red hat advisories RHSA-2012:1047RHSA-2012:1046RHSA-2012:1045

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-0057 updated cvss 6.4

php: XSLT file writing vulnerability

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 php
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) php 5.1.6-39.el5_8, php53 5.3.3-13.el5_8, php-gd 5.1.6-39.el5_8, php-cli 5.1.6-39.el5_8, php-dba 5.1.6-39.el5_8, php-pdo 5.1.6-39.el5_8, +32 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1045
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) php 5.3.3-14.el6_3, php-gd 5.3.3-14.el6_3, php-cli 5.3.3-14.el6_3, php-dba 5.3.3-14.el6_3, php-pdo 5.3.3-14.el6_3, php-xml 5.3.3-14.el6_3, +19 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) php 5.3.3-14.el6_3, php-cli 5.3.3-14.el6_3, php-common 5.3.3-14.el6_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) php 5.3.3-14.el6_3, php-gd 5.3.3-14.el6_3, php-dba 5.3.3-14.el6_3, php-pdo 5.3.3-14.el6_3, php-xml 5.3.3-14.el6_3, php-zts 5.3.3-14.el6_3, +17 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) php 5.3.3-14.el6_3, php-gd 5.3.3-14.el6_3, php-cli 5.3.3-14.el6_3, php-pdo 5.3.3-14.el6_3, php-xml 5.3.3-14.el6_3, php-ldap 5.3.3-14.el6_3, +6 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) php 5.3.3-14.el6_3, php-dba 5.3.3-14.el6_3, php-zts 5.3.3-14.el6_3, php-imap 5.3.3-14.el6_3, php-intl 5.3.3-14.el6_3, php-snmp 5.3.3-14.el6_3, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) php 5.3.3-14.el6_3, php-gd 5.3.3-14.el6_3, php-cli 5.3.3-14.el6_3, php-pdo 5.3.3-14.el6_3, php-xml 5.3.3-14.el6_3, php-ldap 5.3.3-14.el6_3, +6 more
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) php 5.3.3-14.el6_3, php-dba 5.3.3-14.el6_3, php-zts 5.3.3-14.el6_3, php-imap 5.3.3-14.el6_3, php-intl 5.3.3-14.el6_3, php-snmp 5.3.3-14.el6_3, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1046
  • Red Hat RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) php 5.1.6-39.el5_8, php53 5.3.3-13.el5_8, php-gd 5.1.6-39.el5_8, php-cli 5.1.6-39.el5_8, php-dba 5.1.6-39.el5_8, php-pdo 5.1.6-39.el5_8, +32 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1045

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Exploit prediction

3.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
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References

Sources

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