CVE-2008-5844
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 1.7%EU EUVD
PHP 5.2.7 contains an incorrect change to the FILTER_UNSAFE_RAW functionality, and unintentionally disables magic_quotes_gpc regardless of the actual magic_quotes_gpc setting, which might make it easier for context-dependent attackers to conduct SQL injection attacks and unspecified other attacks.
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-16
- EPSS score
- 1.7% (77th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5814)
- Published
- January 5, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5814 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=42718(Exploit)
- http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=46759
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.8
- http://www.php.net/archive/2008.php#id2008-12-07-1
- http://www.php.net/archive/2008.php#id2008-12-08-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32673
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021393
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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