CVE-2005-3388
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the phpinfo function in PHP 4.x up to 4.4.0 and 5.x up to 5.0.5 allows remote attackers to…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 48.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the phpinfo function in PHP 4.x up to 4.4.0 and 5.x up to 5.0.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL with a "stacked array assignment."
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- PHP 4.x - PHPInfo Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 26442webapps, phppublished 31 Oct 2005Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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Published
- 19 years later
· 19 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 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 48.9% · top 1.1% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
32
- 20051031 Advisory 18/2005: PHP Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in phpinfo() (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 21252 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 22691 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:213 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:831 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- TLSA-2006-38 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TURBOx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-037.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 18198 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SSRT061238 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- ADV-2005-2254 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 17559 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FLSA:166943 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10542 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 15248 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 17371 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4320 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0549 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 17490 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.php.net/release_4_4_1.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 133 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 17510 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 17531 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- OpenPKG-SA-2005.027 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENPKGx_transferred
- 18669 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 17557 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200511-08 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- USN-232-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:838 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 1015130 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2005:027 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_182005.77.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-fb144e7de5 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-3387 (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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