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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2006-0996 EUVD-2006-0999GHSA-h9v7-73gj-prww

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpinfo (info.c) in PHP 5.1.2 and 4.4.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script …

Published Apr 10, 2006 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpinfo (info.c) in PHP 5.1.2 and 4.4.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via long array variables, including (1) a large number of dimensions or (2) long values, which prevents HTML tags from being removed.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Red Hat

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 4 php +13 4.3.9-3.12 RHSA-2006:0276
RHEL 3 php +6 4.3.2-30.ent RHSA-2006:0276

openSUSE

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed php7 7.4.24-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:11167-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed php8 8.0.11-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:11169-1

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Exploit-DB 1

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Advisories 3

References