4.3

CVE-2007-3799: php Improper Input Validation

Modified
Published 16-07-2007Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-3799 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in php. EPSS estimates a 7.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Priority
Prioritiseweaponized exploit

Weaponized exploit (exploit-database, 04-06-2007)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
7.92%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1exploit-database

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 8
DSA-1444-1DSA-1578-1DTSA-61-1RHSA-2007:0888RHSA-2007:0889RHSA-2007:0890

Timeline

  1. 16-07-2007
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The session_start function in ext/session in PHP 4.x up to 4.4.7 and 5.x up to 5.2.3 allows remote attackers to insert arbitrary attributes into the session cookie via special characters in a cookie that is obtained from (1) PATH_INFO, (2) the session_id function, and (3) the session_start function, which are not encoded or filtered when the new session cookie is generated, a related issue to CVE-2006-0207.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

7.92%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

95%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 7.92% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

1 found
  • exploit-databaseremotephpVerified

    PHP 5.2.3 - EXT/Session HTTP Response Header Injection

    Maturity: weaponized

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Php1 product
  • phpEOL4.0:beta_4_patch1 | 4.0:beta1 | 4.0:beta2 | 4.0:beta3 | 4.0:beta4 | 4.0.0 | 4.0.1 | 4.0.2 | 4.0.3 | 4.0.4 | 4.0.5 | 4.0.6 | 4.0.7 | 4.1.0 | 4.1.1 | 4.1.2 | 4.2.0 | 4.2.1 | 4.2.2 | 4.2.3 | 4.3.0 | 4.3.1 | 4.3.2 | 4.3.3 | 4.3.4 | 4.3.5 | 4.3.6 | 4.3.7 | 4.3.8 | 4.3.9 | 4.3.10 | 4.3.11 | 4.4.0 | 4.4.1 | 4.4.2 | 4.4.3 | 4.4.4 | 4.4.5 | 4.4.6 | 4.4.7 | 5.0.0 | 5.0.0:beta1 | 5.0.0:beta2 | 5.0.0:beta3 | 5.0.0:beta4 | 5.0.0:rc1 | 5.0.0:rc2 | 5.0.0:rc3 | 5.0.1 | 5.0.2 | 5.0.3 | 5.0.4 | 5.0.5 | 5.1.0 | 5.1.1 | 5.1.2 | 5.1.3 | 5.1.4 | 5.1.5 | 5.1.6 | 5.2.0 | 5.2.1 | 5.2.2 | 5.2.3 | 5.2.10 | 5.2.11 | 5.2.12 | 5.2.13 | 5.2.14

1 vendor · 1 product

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