Input validation error in PHP - CVE-2007-5128
Published: October 15, 2018 / Updated: June 8, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU110359
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2007-5128
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
SimpNews 2.41.03 on Windows, when PHP before 5.0.0 is used, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an certain link_date parameter to events.php, which reveals the path in an error message due to an unsupported argument type for the mktime function on Windows.
Affected software
PHP
How to mitigate CVE-2007-5128
Install update from vendor's website.
PHP - update to 5.0.0