Input validation error in PHP - CVE-2007-3205
Published: October 16, 2018 / Updated: June 8, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU110392
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2007-3205
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: PHP Group
Affected software:
PHP
PHP
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to corrupt data.
The parse_str function in (1) PHP, (2) Hardened-PHP, and (3) Suhosin, when called without a second parameter, might allow remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary variables by specifying variable names and values in the string to be parsed. NOTE: it is not clear whether this is a design limitation of the function or a bug in PHP, although it is likely to be regarded as a bug in Hardened-PHP and Suhosin.
How to mitigate CVE-2007-3205
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://osvdb.org/39834
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2800
- http://www.acid-root.new.fr/advisories/14070612.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471178/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471204/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471275/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34836