CVE-2012-1823
KEVCRITICAL 9.8EPSS 100.0%
sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c in PHP before 5.3.12 and 5.4.x before 5.4.2, when configured as a CGI script (aka php-cgi), does not properly handle query strings that lack an = (equals sign) character, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by placing command-line options in the query string, related to lack of skipping a certain php_getopt for the 'd' case.
- CVSS v3.1
- 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v2.0
- 7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - EPSS
- 100.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 100th percentile
- CISA KEV
- added 2022-03-25
- Nuclei
- high · CWE-20
- Published
- 2012-05-11
- Updated
- 2025-11-04
Proof-of-concept exploits (10)
- 0xl0k1/CVE-2012-182312★ · 2023-08-24
- BTtea/CVE-2024-4577-RCE-PoC25★ · 2024-11-20
- Dmitri131313/CVE-2012-1823-exploit-for-https-user-password-web1★ · 2025-02-19
- Jimmy01240397/CVE-2012-1823-Analyze0★ · 2024-12-09
- cyberharsh/PHP_CVE-2012-18231★ · 2020-08-17
- drone789/CVE-2012-18231★ · 2015-09-08
- infodox/exploits153★ · 2022-02-19
- zomasec/CVE-2024-45773★ · 2024-06-09
- K3ysTr0K3R/CVE-2012-1823
- tryj/CVE-2012-1823---PHP-CGI---RCE
Nuclei templates (1)
Metasploit modules (1)
ExploitDB entries (4)
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29290
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18836
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18834
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29316
Vulhub environments (1)
Exploit collections (2)
- chaitin/xray/blob/master/pocs/php-cgi-cve-2012-1823.yml
- zan8in/afrog/blob/main/pocs/afrog-pocs/CVE/2012/CVE-2012-1823.yaml