MEDIUM
php htmlentities/htmlspecialchars multibyte sequences
Published Nov 20, 2007
6.4
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.79%
Description
The (1) htmlentities and (2) htmlspecialchars functions in PHP before 5.2.5 accept partial multibyte sequences, which has unknown impact and attack vectors, a different issue than CVE-2006-5465.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
php-0:4.1.2-2.20
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0546
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
php-0:4.3.2-48.ent
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0544
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
php-0:4.3.9-3.22.12
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0545
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
php-0:5.1.6-20.el5_2.1
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0544
Red Hat Web Application Stack for RHEL 4
php-0:5.1.6-3.el4s1.10
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0582
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 | php-0:4.1.2-2.20 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0546 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | php-0:4.3.2-48.ent | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0544 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | php-0:4.3.9-3.22.12 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0545 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | php-0:5.1.6-20.el5_2.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0544 |
| Red Hat Web Application Stack for RHEL 4 | php-0:5.1.6-3.el4s1.10 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0582 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.4 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.79% 0.02788
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02788
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (20 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.79% (0.02788) | 85.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.79% (0.02788) | 84.50th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 6.23% (0.06231) | 90.83th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 5.08% (0.05084) | 89.45th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 3.13% (0.03128) | 86.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 15, 2025 | 5.08% (0.05084) | 89.43th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.21% (0.03206) | 85.87th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 7.99% (0.07994) | 86.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.21% (0.03206) | 86.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 15, 2025 | 1.22% (0.01223) | 85.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 2.34% (0.02342) | 90.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 9, 2024 | 1.14% (0.01141) | 84.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 23, 2024 | 1.08% (0.01080) | 84.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 16, 2024 | 1.00% (0.01005) | 83.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 2, 2024 | 0.96% (0.00957) | 81.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 26, 2023 | 0.93% (0.00928) | 81.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.78% (0.00785) | 78.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 81.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 62.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (36)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27648 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27659 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/28658 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30040 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30828 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31119 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31124 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31200 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018934 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0242 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1444 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:125 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:126 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:127 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.5 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_5.php x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0505.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0544.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0545.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0546.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0582.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491693/100/0/threaded vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-549-2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-628-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5898 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=382411 Issue Tracking
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1943 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/173043 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5898
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10080 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/549-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5898
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00773.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 20, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 8, 2007
Link CVE-2007-5898
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a