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CVE-2012-2335

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—
Severity7.5High · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability32 %higher than 98% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

php-wrapper.fcgi does not properly handle command-line arguments, which allows remote attackers to bypass a protection mechanism in PHP 5.3.12 and 5.4.2 and execute arbitrary code by leveraging improper interaction between the PHP sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c component and a query string beginning with a +- sequence.

CVSS

Base score
7.5
Version
2.0
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
32 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
98
Score date
10/21/2026

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)

PHP — PHP

CWEs

References

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