CVE-2007-1701
PHP 4 before 4.4.5, and PHP 5 before 5.2.1, when register_globals is enabled, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 9.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
PHP 4 before 4.4.5, and PHP 5 before 5.2.1, when register_globals is enabled, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via deserialization of session data, which overwrites arbitrary global variables, as demonstrated by calling session_decode on a string beginning with "_SESSION|s:39:".
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 < 4.4.5/5.2.1 - '_SESSION' Deserialization Overwrite (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 3572local, linuxpublished 25 Mar 2007Verified
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
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 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 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.4% · top 4.6% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
12
- 23120 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11034 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2007-1991 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SSRT071423 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- php-sessiondecode-code-execution(33658) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- GLSA-200705-19 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- HPSBTU02232 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- ADV-2007-2374 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 25423 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 25850 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 25445 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.php-security.org/MOPB/MOPB-31-2007.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2007-1695 (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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