CVE-2007-5899

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-5899
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-11-20 19:46:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe output_add_rewrite_var function in PHP before 5.2.5 rewrites local forms in which the ACTION attribute references a non-local URL, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information by reading the requests for this URL, as demonstrated by a rewritten form containing a local session ID.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Php Php All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

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osvdb.org/38918 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Ubuntu update for php - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat update for php - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat update for php - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Fedora update for php - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
rPath update for php5 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
PHP Bugs: #42869: URL rewrite mechanism - data sent to foreign sites af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.php.net
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
USN-549-2: PHP regression | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Debian update for php5 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Advisories | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: php-5.2.6-2.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
USN-549-1: PHP vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1943 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
Advisories | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Advisories:rPSA-2007-0242 - rPath Wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com
PHP: PHP 5 ChangeLog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.php.net
Bug #173043 “php5 5.2.3-1ubuntu6.1 introduced segfault regressio...” : Bugs : “php5” package : Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 launchpad.net
USN-628-1: PHP vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
HP-UX update for Apache with PHP - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
PHP: PHP 5.2.5 Release Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.php.net
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1444-2 php5 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Advisories | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
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