CVE-2007-1583

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-03-21 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The mb_parse_str function in PHP 4.0.0 through 4.4.6 and 5.0.0 through 5.2.1 sets the internal register_globals flag and does not disable it in certain cases when a script terminates, which allows remote attackers to invoke available PHP scripts with register_globals functionality that is not detectable by these scripts, as demonstrated by forcing a memory_limit violation.

Affected products

PHP: 4.0, 4.0-beta_4_patch1, 4.0-beta1, 4.0-beta2, 4.0-beta3, 4.0-beta4 (+69)

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0155.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/24909
http://secunia.com/advisories/24924
http://secunia.com/advisories/24945
http://secunia.com/advisories/24965
http://secunia.com/advisories/25056
http://secunia.com/advisories/25057
http://secunia.com/advisories/25062
http://secunia.com/advisories/25445
http://secunia.com/advisories/26235

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