CVE-2010-1130
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 9.5%EU EUVD
session.c in the session extension in PHP before 5.2.13, and 5.3.1, does not properly interpret ; (semicolon) characters in the argument to the session_save_path function, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass open_basedir and safe_mode restrictions via an argument that contains multiple ; characters in conjunction with a .. (dot dot).
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 9.5% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-1161)
- Published
- March 26, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-1161 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- php / php
- php / php
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References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38708(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/82
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/7008(Exploit)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023661
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_2/ext/session/session.c?r1=293036&r2=294272
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_2/ext/session/session.c?view=log
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_3/ext/session/session.c?r1=293036&r2=294272
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_3/ext/session/session.c?view=log
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_13.php(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0479(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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