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CVE-2000-0860
The file upload capability in PHP versions 3 and 4 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by setting hidden form fields whose…
Medium5.0EPSS 2.7%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The file upload capability in PHP versions 3 and 4 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by setting hidden form fields whose names match the names of internal PHP script variables.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 24 years later
· 24 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.7% · top 14% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- php-file-upload(5190) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20000904 Re: [PHP-DEV] RE: (SRADV00001) Arbitrary file disclosure through PHP file upload (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1649 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://cvsweb.php.net/viewcvs.cgi/php4/main/rfc1867.c.diff?r1=1.38%3Aphp_4_0_2&tr1=1.1&r2=text&tr2=1.45&diff_format=u (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20000903 (SRADV00001) Arbitrary file disclosure through PHP file upload (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- MDKSA-2000:048 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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