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CVE-2005-3389
The parse_str function in PHP 4.x up to 4.4.0 and 5.x up to 5.0.5, when called with only one parameter, allows remote attackers to enable…
Medium5.0EPSS 6.3%
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- mitre
Description
The parse_str function in PHP 4.x up to 4.4.0 and 5.x up to 5.0.5, when called with only one parameter, allows remote attackers to enable the register_globals directive via inputs that cause a request to be terminated due to the memory_limit setting, which causes PHP to set an internal flag that enables register_globals and allows attackers to exploit vulnerabilities in PHP applications that would otherwise be protected.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
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 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.3% · top 6.4% 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 (33)
- 15249 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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
- 134 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_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
- 18054 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2005-2254 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20051031 Advisory 19/2005: PHP register_globals Activation Vulnerability in parse_str() (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1015131 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_192005.78.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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
- 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
- SUSE-SA:2005:069 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11481 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www.php.net/release_4_4_1.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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
- SUSE-SR:2005:027 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_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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