Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting php-xml package, versions <0:5.4.16-48.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.79% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-PHPXML-7971725
  • published14 Sept 2024
  • disclosed26 Apr 2018

Introduced: 26 Apr 2018

CVE-2018-10547  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 php-xml to version 0:5.4.16-48.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:1112.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php-xml package and not the php-xml package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in ext/phar/phar_object.c in PHP before 5.6.36, 7.0.x before 7.0.30, 7.1.x before 7.1.17, and 7.2.x before 7.2.5. There is Reflected XSS on the PHAR 403 and 404 error pages via request data of a request for a .phar file. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-5712.