CVE-2007-1396: Medium severity PHP PHP vulnerability

Published Mar 10, 2007

Updated

The importrequestvariables function in PHP 4.0.7 through 4.4.6, and 5.x before 5.2.2, when called without a prefix, does not prevent the (1) GET, (2) POST, (3) COOKIE, (4) FILES, (5) SERVER, (6) SESSION, and other superglobals from being overwritten, which allows remote attackers to spoof source IP address and Referer data, and have other unspecified impact. NOTE: it could be argued that this is a design limitation of PHP and that only the misuse of this feature, i.e. implementation bugs in applications, should be included in CVE. However, it has been fixed by the vendor.

Affected Software

42 affected components

PHP PHP=4.3.9

PHP PHP=5.1.5

PHP PHP=5.1.2

PHP PHP=4.2.0

PHP PHP=5.1.1

PHP PHP=4.4.4

PHP PHP=4.1.0

PHP PHP=5.1.6

PHP PHP=4.3.4

PHP PHP=4.3.0

PHP PHP=5.0.5

PHP PHP=4.3.6

PHP PHP=5.0.1

PHP PHP=5.1.4

PHP PHP=4.3.7

PHP PHP=5.0.4

PHP PHP=4.2.2

PHP PHP=4.4.2

PHP PHP=4.3.2

PHP PHP=4.3.11

PHP PHP=4.0.7

PHP PHP=4.3.3

PHP PHP=4.1.1

PHP PHP=4.4.3

PHP PHP=5.0.3

PHP PHP=4.2.3

PHP PHP=5.1.0

PHP PHP=4.4.5

PHP PHP=5.2.0

PHP PHP=4.1.2

PHP PHP=4.3.1

PHP PHP=5.1.3

PHP PHP=4.4.0

PHP PHP=4.3.10

PHP PHP=4.2.1

PHP PHP=5.0.2

PHP PHP=4.4.6

PHP PHP=4.4.1

PHP PHP=5.2.1

PHP PHP=5.0.0

PHP PHP=4.3.8

PHP PHP=4.3.5

Event History

Mar 10, 2007

CVE Published

10:19 PM

Mar 11, 2007

CVE Published

via MITRE·03:00 AM

Data Sourced

via MITRE·03:00 AM

Description

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-1396?

CVE-2007-1396 has been classified as a medium severity vulnerability.

How do I fix CVE-2007-1396?

To fix CVE-2007-1396, upgrade your PHP installation to version 5.2.2 or later.

Which PHP versions are affected by CVE-2007-1396?

CVE-2007-1396 affects PHP versions 4.0.7 through 4.4.6 and all 5.x versions before 5.2.2.

What is the main issue caused by CVE-2007-1396?

The main issue with CVE-2007-1396 is that it allows remote attackers to overwrite superglobals, potentially leading to security breaches.

Is CVE-2007-1396 a remote code execution vulnerability?

No, CVE-2007-1396 is not classified as a remote code execution vulnerability but rather as an issue that can lead to spoofing and variable manipulation.