CVE-2003-0442

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2003-07-24 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the transparent SID support capability for PHP before 4.3.2 (session.use_trans_sid) allows remote attackers to insert arbitrary script via the PHPSESSID parameter.

Affected products

PHP: through 4.3.1
RedHat Linux: 8.0, 9.0

References

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000691
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105449314612963&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105760591228031&w=2
http://shh.thathost.com/secadv/2003-05-11-php.txt
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-112.shtml
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-351
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:082
http://www.osvdb.org/4758
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-204.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7761
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1008653
http://www.turbolinux.co.jp/security/2003/TLSA-2003-47j.txt

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