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CVE-2008-2051: php

Modified
Published 05-05-2008Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-2051 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in php. EPSS estimates a 3.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 10, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
10.0/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.10%
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 8
DSA-1572-1DSA-1578-1DTSA-135-1RHSA-2008:0505RHSA-2008:0544RHSA-2008:0545

Timeline

  1. 05-05-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The escapeshellcmd API function in PHP before 5.2.6 has unknown impact and context-dependent attack vectors related to "incomplete multibyte chars."

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.10%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

88%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 3.10% 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
  • phpEOL≤ 5.2.5 | 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 | 5.2.4

1 vendor · 1 product

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