CVE-2010-3065

Status: ModifiedMedium (5)—
Severity5Medium · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability2.45 %higher than 84% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

The default session serializer in PHP 5.2 through 5.2.13 and 5.3 through 5.3.2 does not properly handle the PS_UNDEF_MARKER marker, which allows context-dependent attackers to modify arbitrary session variables via a crafted session variable name.

CVSS

Base score
5
Version
2.0
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
2.45 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
84
Score date
10/23/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

CWEs

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