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CVE-2007-5899

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2007-11-20 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The output_add_rewrite_var function in PHP before 5.2.5 rewrites local forms in which the ACTION attribute references a non-local URL, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information by reading the requests for this URL, as demonstrated by a rewritten form containing a local session ID.

Affected products

• PHP: through 5.2.4

References

• http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=42869
• http://osvdb.org/38918
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27659
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27864
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28249
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30040
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30828
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31119
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31124
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31200
• http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0242
• http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1444

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