Description
The htmlspecialchars function in PHP before 5.2.12 does not properly handle (1) overlong UTF-8 sequences, (2) invalid Shift_JIS sequences, and (3) invalid EUC-JP sequences, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by placing a crafted byte sequence before a special character.
Published: 2009-12-21
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: 16.9% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2001-1 New php5 packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-882-1 PHP vulnerabilities
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T06:54:09.694Z

Reserved: 2009-12-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-4142

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-12-21T16:30:00.343

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

Link: CVE-2009-4142

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-4142 - Bugzilla

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