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CVE-2007-5424

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2007-10-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The disable_functions feature in PHP 4 and 5 allows attackers to bypass intended restrictions by using an alias, as demonstrated by using ini_alter when ini_set is disabled.

Affected products

• PHP: 4.0, 5.0.0

References

• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3216
• http://securityvulns.com/news/PHP/alias-pb.html
• http://securityvulns.ru/Sdocument67.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482006/100/0/threaded
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3216
• http://securityvulns.com/news/PHP/alias-pb.html
• http://securityvulns.ru/Sdocument67.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482006/100/0/threaded

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