CVE-2008-5844

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-5844
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-01-05 20:30:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionPHP 5.2.7 contains an incorrect change to the FILTER_UNSAFE_RAW functionality, and unintentionally disables magic_quotes_gpc regardless of the actual magic_quotes_gpc setting, which might make it easier for context-dependent attackers to conduct SQL injection attacks and unspecified other attacks.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-16 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Php Php 5.2.7 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
PHP Bugs: #42718: FILTER_UNSAFE_RAW not applied when configured as default filter, even with flags af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.php.net Exploit
PHP: PHP 5 ChangeLog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.php.net
PHP: News Archive - 2008 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.php.net
PHP Bugs: #46759: magic_quotes_gpc doesn't work af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.php.net
PHP magic_quotes_gpc() Error May Let Users Bypass Security Filtering - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
PHP: News Archive - 2008 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.php.net
PHP 5.2.7 'magic_quotes_gpc' Security Bypass Weakness af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-01-23Tomas HogerNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of the php package, as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, 5, and with Red Hat Application Stack v1 and v2. Only PHP version 5.2.7 was affected by this flaw.

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