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CVE-2003-0097
Unknown vulnerability in CGI module for PHP 4.3.0 allows attackers to access arbitrary files as the PHP user, and possibly execute PHP…
High7.5EPSS 1.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Unknown vulnerability in CGI module for PHP 4.3.0 allows attackers to access arbitrary files as the PHP user, and possibly execute PHP code, by bypassing the CGI force redirect settings (cgi.force_redirect or --enable-force-cgi-redirect).
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 19 months later
· 19 months later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.5% · top 25% 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: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- GLSA-200302-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- GLSA-200302-09.1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- php-cgi-sapi-access(11343) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20030217 PHP Security Advisory: CGI vulnerability in PHP version 4.3.0 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 6875 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.slackware.com/changelog/current.php?cpu=i386 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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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