Is CVE-2007-1701 being actively exploited?

CVE-2007-1701 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-1701?

CVE-2007-1701 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2007-1701

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 9.4%EU EUVD

PHP 4 before 4.4.5, and PHP 5 before 5.2.1, when register_globals is enabled, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via deserialization of session data, which overwrites arbitrary global variables, as demonstrated by calling session_decode on a string beginning with "_SESSION|s:39:".

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.8 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-502
EPSS score: 9.4% (95th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2007-1695)
Published: March 27, 2007
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-1695 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

php / php

References

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01056506(Broken Link)
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01086137(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25423(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25445(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25850(Third Party Advisory)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-19.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.php-security.org/MOPB/MOPB-31-2007.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23120(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1991(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2374(Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33658(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11034(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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