CVE-2008-5844 : PHP 5.2.7 contains an incorrect change to the FILTER_UNSAFE

PHP 5.2.7 contains an incorrect change to the FILTER_UNSAFE_RAW functionality, and unintentionally disables magic_quotes_gpc regardless of the actual magic_quotes_gpc setting, which might make it easier for context-dependent attackers to conduct SQL injection attacks and unspecified other attacks.

Published 2009-01-05 20:30:02

Updated 2009-05-14 05:32:43

Source MITRE

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Vulnerability category: Sql Injection

Products affected by CVE-2008-5844

PHP » PHP » Version: 5.2.7
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Threat overview for CVE-2008-5844

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Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 80

IPs affected by CVE-2008-5844 15

Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5844

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0.52%

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History

~ 64 %

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2008-5844

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source	First Seen
7.5	HIGH	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P	10.0	6.4	NIST
Access Vector: Network Access Complexity: Low Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: Partial Integrity Impact: Partial Availability Impact: Partial

CWE ids for CVE-2008-5844

CWE-16

Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Vendor statements for CVE-2008-5844

Red Hat 2009-01-23

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of the php package, as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, 5, and with Red Hat Application Stack v1 and v2. Only PHP version 5.2.7 was affected by this flaw.

References for CVE-2008-5844

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