6.4

CVE-2007-5898: php

Modified
Published 20-11-2007Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-5898 is a medium (CVSS 6.4) vulnerability in php. EPSS estimates a 2.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.4, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.4/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.79%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6
DSA-1444-1RHSA-2008:0505RHSA-2008:0544RHSA-2008:0545RHSA-2008:0546RHSA-2008:0582

Timeline

  1. 20-11-2007
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.79%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

86%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 2.79% 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

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

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

Php1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

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