CVE-2000-0860

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2000-11-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The file upload capability in PHP versions 3 and 4 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by setting hidden form fields whose names match the names of internal PHP script variables.

Affected products

PHP: 1.0, 2.0, 2.0b10, 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2 (+12)

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0455.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0477.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0150.html
http://cvsweb.php.net/viewcvs.cgi/php4/main/rfc1867.c.diff?r1=1.38%3Aphp_4_0_2&tr1=1.1&r2=text&tr2=1.45&diff_format=u
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1649
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5190
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0455.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0477.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0150.html
http://cvsweb.php.net/viewcvs.cgi/php4/main/rfc1867.c.diff?r1=1.38%3Aphp_4_0_2&tr1=1.1&r2=text&tr2=1.45&diff_format=u
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1649
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5190

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