CVE-2007-1287 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A regression error in the phpinfo function in PHP 4.4.3 to 4.4.6, and PHP 6.0 in CVS, allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via GET, POST, or COOKIE array values, which are not escaped in the phpinfo output, as originally fixed for CVE-2005-3388.

Published: 2007-03-06

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 18.4% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.4.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.4.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.4.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:6.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.18356.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/26235
http://us2.php.net/releases/4_4_7.php
http://www.osvdb.org/32774
http://www.php-security.org/MOPB/MOPB-08-2007.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732

History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.14028}`	epss `{'score': 0.20163}`

Subscriptions

Php Php

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-03-06T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T12:50:35.022Z

Reserved: 2007-03-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-1287

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-03-06T20:19:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-1287

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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