Improper Input Validation Affecting php package, versions [,5.0.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.56% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-PHP-2335119
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed27 Sept 2007
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 27 Sep 2007

CVE-2007-5128  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade php to version 5.0.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. SimpNews 2.41.03 on Windows, when PHP before 5.0.0 is used, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an certain link_date parameter to events.php, which reveals the path in an error message due to an unsupported argument type for the mktime function on Windows.

CVSS Scores

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