CVE-2007-5899
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 3.4%EU EUVD
The output_add_rewrite_var function in PHP before 5.2.5 rewrites local forms in which the ACTION attribute references a non-local URL, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information by reading the requests for this URL, as demonstrated by a rewritten form containing a local session ID.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 3.4% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-5869)
- 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-2007-5869 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- php / php
References
- http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=42869
- http://osvdb.org/38918
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27659
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27864
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28249
- 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://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%3A11211
- 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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