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CVE-2008-5844

• 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: yes
• Published: 2009-01-05 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-16

Description

PHP 5.2.7 contains an incorrect change to the FILTER_UNSAFE_RAW functionality, and unintentionally disables magic_quotes_gpc regardless of the actual magic_quotes_gpc setting, which might make it easier for context-dependent attackers to conduct SQL injection attacks and unspecified other attacks.

Affected products

• PHP: 5.2.7

References

• http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=42718
• http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=46759
• http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.8
• http://www.php.net/archive/2008.php#id2008-12-07-1
• http://www.php.net/archive/2008.php#id2008-12-08-1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32673
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021393
• http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=42718
• http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=46759
• http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.8
• http://www.php.net/archive/2008.php#id2008-12-07-1
• http://www.php.net/archive/2008.php#id2008-12-08-1

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