CVE-2018-5712
Status: ModifiedMedium (6.1)—
An issue was discovered in PHP before 5.6.33, 7.0.x before 7.0.27, 7.1.x before 7.1.13, and 7.2.x before 7.2.1. There is Reflected XSS on the PHAR 404 error page via the URI of a request for a .phar file.
CVSS
- Version: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Base score: 6.1
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 80%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 100
- Score date: 10/9/2026
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 (3)
CWEs
- CWE-79
References
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102742
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104020
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040363
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1296
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2519
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74782
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00025.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3566-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3600-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3600-2/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102742
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104020
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040363
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1296
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2519
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74782
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00025.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3566-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3600-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3600-2/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
Raw JSON (NVD)
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