Vulnerability in Php

CVE-2009-5016

Integer overflow in the xml_utf8_decode function in ext/xml/xml.c in PHP before 5.2.11 makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) and SQL injection protection mechanisms via a crafted string that uses overlong UTF-8 encoding, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-3870.

EPSS: 0.027 (84.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Php — versions 4.4.5, 4.0.2, 5.1.6
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References