CVE-2006-0996
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpinfo (info.c) in PHP 5.1.2 and 4.4.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 11.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpinfo (info.c) in PHP 5.1.2 and 4.4.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via long array variables, including (1) a large number of dimensions or (2) long values, which prevents HTML tags from being removed.
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/5.0/5.1 - PHPInfo Large Input Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 27564remote, phppublished 3 Apr 2006Verified
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
ID reserved
By mitre
- 35 days later
· 35 days later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 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)
- 11.1% · top 4.0% of all CVEs (11 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
References33
- 675 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 19775 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 21252 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 24484 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20222 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20210 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-4.php#4.4.3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-160.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 17362 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0276 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- GLSA-200605-08 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://cvs.php.net/viewcvs.cgi/php-src/ext/standard/info.c?r1=1.260&r2=1.261 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1290 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- USN-320-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0501 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 1015879 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20060408 phpinfo() Cross Site Scripting PHP 5.1.2 and 4.4.2 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONRESx_transferred
- 19979 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0549 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20951 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 21125 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10997 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-129.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 19599 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:074 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 19832 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://cvs.php.net/viewcvs.cgi/php-src/ext/standard/info.c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20052 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 21564 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- php-phpinfo-long-array-xss(25702) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2006-2685 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2006:024 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [php-cvs] 20060330 cvs: php-src /ext/standard info.c (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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-2006-0999 (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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