Input validation error in PHP - CVE-2007-2728
Published: August 16, 2024 / Updated: June 8, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU110400
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-2007-2728
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.
The soap extension in PHP calls php_rand_r with an uninitialized seed variable, which has unknown impact and attack vectors, a related issue to the mcrypt_create_iv issue covered by CVE-2007-2727. Note: The PHP team argue that this is not a valid security issue.
Affected software
PHP
How to mitigate CVE-2007-2728
Install update from vendor's website.
External References
- http://blog.php-security.org/archives/80-Watching-the-PHP-CVS.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25306
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:187
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-485-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26102
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26895
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1839
- http://osvdb.org/36086