CVE-2007-3799
The session_start function in ext/session in PHP 4.x up to 4.4.7 and 5.x up to 5.2.3 allows remote attackers to insert arbitrary attributes into the session cookie via special characters in a cookie that is obtained from (1) PATH_INFO, (2) the session_id function, and (3) the session_start function, which are not encoded or filtered when the new session cookie is generated, a related issue to CVE-2006-0207.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 7.9% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-3783)
- Published
- July 16, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-3783 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
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References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
- http://osvdb.org/36855
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0889.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26871(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26895(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26930(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26967(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27351(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27377(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27545(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27864(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28249(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29420(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30288(Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-449.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1444
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1578
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:187
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.html
- http://www.php-security.org/MOPB/PMOPB-46-2007.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0888.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0890.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0891.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24268
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-549-2
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references(Vendor Advisory)
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1693
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/173043
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9792
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/549-1/
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00354.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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