CVE-2010-3870

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-3870
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-11-12 21:00:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe utf8_decode function in PHP before 5.3.4 does not properly handle non-shortest form UTF-8 encoding and ill-formed subsequences in UTF-8 data, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) and SQL injection protection mechanisms via a crafted string.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

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

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: maniadrive-1.2-23.fc13 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
us2.php.net/manual/en/function.utf8-decode.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 us2.php.net Exploit, Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: utf-8 security issue in php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
PHP 'xml_utf8_decode()' UTF-8 Input Validation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
PHP :: Bug #49687 :: utf8_decode xml_utf8_decode vuln af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.php.net Exploit, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: maniadrive-1.2-23.fc14 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
APPLE-SA-2011-03-21-1 Mac OS X v10.6.7 and Security Update 2011-001 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: utf-8 security issue in php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-09/VELANAVA/BHUSA09-VelaNava-FavoriteXSS... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.blackhat.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
PHP: PHP 5 ChangeLog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.php.net Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker: PHP Validation Flaw in utf8_decode() Permits Cross-Site Scripting Attacks and Lets Remote Users Inject SQL Commands af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - utf-8 security issue in php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
PHP: Revision 304959 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 svn.php.net Patch, Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: utf-8 security issue in php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Ubuntu update for php5 - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: utf-8 security issue in php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat update for php - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Security risks associated with utf8_decode and XSS filters | Acunetix Web Application Security Blog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.acunetix.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:023 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Advisories | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
About the security content of Mac OS X v10.6.7 and Security Update 2011-001 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
sirdarckcat: A couple of unicode issues on PHP and Firefox af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sirdarckcat.blogspot.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: utf-8 security issue in php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
PHP :: Bug #48230 :: xml_utf8_decode incorrectly decode af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.php.net Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
USN-1042-1: PHP vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: utf-8 security issue in php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
'[security bulletin] HPSBOV02763 SSRT100826 rev.1 - HP Secure Web Server (SWS) for OpenVMS running PH' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2010-3870 MITRE access.redhat.com
649056 – (CVE-2010-3870) CVE-2010-3870 php: XSS mitigation bypass via utf8_decode() MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
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