CVE-2009-4142

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 2
Modified
Published: 21 Dec 2009, 16:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 06:54

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
4.3 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
16.95% MEDIUM
17% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
4 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

21 Dec 2009, 16:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 06:54
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The htmlspecialchars function in PHP before 5.2.12 does not properly handle (1) overlong UTF-8 sequences, (2) invalid Shift_JIS sequences, and (3) invalid EUC-JP sequences, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by placing a crafted byte sequence before a special character.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 16.95%• Percentile: 95%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-79•Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

    The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

Affected Systems

  • Unknown•PHP

    ≤ 5.2.11 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0b10 | 3.0 | 3.0.1 | 3.0.2 | 3.0.3 | 3.0.4 | 3.0.5 | 3.0.6 | 3.0.7 | 3.0.8 | 3.0.9 | 3.0.10 | 3.0.11 | 3.0.12 | 3.0.13 | 3.0.14 | 3.0.15 | 3.0.16 | 3.0.17 | 3.0.18 | 4 | 4.0 | 4.0:beta_4_patch1 | 4.0:beta1 | 4.0:beta2 | 4.0:beta3 | 4.0:beta4 | 4.0:rc1 | 4.0:rc2 | 4.0.0 | 4.0.1 | 4.0.1:patch1 | 4.0.1:patch2 | 4.0.2 | 4.0.3 | 4.0.3:patch1 | 4.0.4 | 4.0.4:patch1 | 4.0.5 | 4.0.6 | 4.0.7 | 4.0.7:rc1 | 4.0.7:rc2 | 4.0.7:rc3 | 4.0.7:rc4 | 4.1.0 | 4.1.1 | 4.1.2 | 4.2 | 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 | 4.4.8 | 4.4.9 | 5 | 5.0:rc1 | 5.0:rc2 | 5.0:rc3 | 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 | 5.1.3 | 5.1.4 | 5.1.5 | 5.1.6 | 5.2.0 | 5.2.1 | 5.2.2 | 5.2.3 | 5.2.4 | 5.2.5 | 5.2.6 | 5.2.8 | 5.2.9 | 5.2.10

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