PHP 5.4.x < 5.4.12 Information Disclosure

medium Nessus Plugin ID 64993

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Synopsis

The remote web server uses a version of PHP that is potentially affected by an information disclosure vulnerability.

Description

According to its banner, the version of PHP 5.4.x installed on the remote host is prior to 5.4.12. It is, therefore, potentially affected by an information disclosure in the file 'ext/soap/php_xml.c' related to parsing SOAP 'wsdl' files and external entities that could cause PHP to parse remote XML documents defined by an attacker. This could allow access to arbitrary files. (CVE-2013-1824)

Note that this plugin does not attempt to exploit the vulnerabilities but, instead relies only on PHP's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to PHP version 5.4.12 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 64993

File Name: php_5_4_12.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 3/4/2013

Updated: 5/31/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-1824

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:php:php

Required KB Items: www/PHP

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 2/21/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/21/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1824

BID: 62373

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