CVE-2007-4825
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 3.4%EU EUVD
Directory traversal vulnerability in PHP 5.2.4 and earlier allows attackers to bypass open_basedir restrictions and possibly execute arbitrary code via a .. (dot dot) in the dl function.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 3.4% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-4806)
- Published
- September 12, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-4806 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- php / php
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html
- http://osvdb.org/45902
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27102
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28658
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3119
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.5
- http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_5.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478985/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478988/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478989/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36528
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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