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CVE-2018-5712

MEDIUMEPSS 100th pctl

6.1

CVSS v3

Description

An issue was discovered in PHP before 5.6.33, 7.0.x before 7.0.27, 7.1.x before 7.1.13, and 7.2.x before 7.2.1. There is Reflected XSS on the PHAR 404 error page via the URI of a request for a .phar file.

CWE-79Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

How to fix

Remediation Available

libapache2-mod-php5Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.23USN-3566-1

Fixed in:5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.24USN-3600-1

libapache2-mod-php7.0Ubuntu

Fixed in:7.0.28-0ubuntu0.16.04.1USN-3600-1

php5Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.24USN-3600-1

Fixed in:5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.23USN-3566-1

php5-cgiUbuntu

Fixed in:5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.24USN-3600-1

Fixed in:5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.23USN-3566-1

php5-cliUbuntu

Fixed in:5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.24USN-3600-1

Fixed in:5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.23USN-3566-1

php5-fpmUbuntu

Fixed in:5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.23USN-3566-1

Fixed in:5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.24USN-3600-1

php7.0Ubuntu

Fixed in:7.0.28-0ubuntu0.16.04.1USN-3600-1

php7.0-cgiUbuntu

Fixed in:7.0.28-0ubuntu0.16.04.1USN-3600-1

php7.0-cliUbuntu

Fixed in:7.0.28-0ubuntu0.16.04.1USN-3600-1

php7.0-fpmUbuntu

Fixed in:7.0.28-0ubuntu0.16.04.1USN-3600-1

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

79.95%probability of exploitation in 30 days

100thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

bugs.php.net

Vendor Advisory2

Third-Party Advisory8

Other references2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-79 (Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-11022	Medium	6.9	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-3929	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-9496	Medium	6.1	99%	-	-
CVE-2023-28341	Medium	6.1	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-12998	Medium	6.1	98%	-	-
CVE-2025-4123	High	7.6	98%	-	Fix

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