Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting php5 package, versions <5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.25


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.86% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-PHP5-394619
  • published29 Apr 2018
  • disclosed29 Apr 2018

Introduced: 29 Apr 2018

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 php5 to version 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.25 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php5 package and not the php5 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 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.