CVE-2007-5898
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.4EPSS 2.8%EU EUVD
The (1) htmlentities and (2) htmlspecialchars functions in PHP before 5.2.5 accept partial multibyte sequences, which has unknown impact and attack vectors, a different issue than CVE-2006-5465.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N- EPSS score
- 2.8% (86th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-5868)
- Published
- November 20, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5868 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://secunia.com/advisories/27648(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27659
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27864
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28249
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28658
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30040
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30828
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31119
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31124
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31200
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018934
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0242
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1444
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:125
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:126
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:127
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.5
- http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_5.php
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0505.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0544.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0545.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0546.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0582.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491693/100/0/threaded
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-549-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-628-1
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1943
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/173043
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10080
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/549-1/
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00773.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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