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CVE-2007-4825
Directory traversal vulnerability in PHP 5.2.4 and earlier allows attackers to bypass open_basedir restrictions and possibly execute…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 3.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 11% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in PHP 5.2.4 and earlier allows attackers to bypass open_basedir restrictions and possibly execute arbitrary code via a .. (dot dot) in the dl function.
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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.4% · top 11% of all CVEs (9 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.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
12
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20070910 Re: PHP <=5.2.4 open_basedir bypass & code exec & denial of service (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 45902 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 28658 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 3119 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- GLSA-200710-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 20070910 /* PHP <=5.2.4 open_basedir bypass & code exec & denial of service errata ... working on windows too .. */ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_5.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20070910 PHP <=5.2.4 open_basedir bypass & code exec & denial of service (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- php-dl-security-bypass(36528) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 27102 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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-2007-4806 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2007-4825)Record last updated .