CVE-2021-21707
Special characters break path parsing in XML functions
MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 25.3%
In PHP versions 7.3.x below 7.3.33, 7.4.x below 7.4.26 and 8.0.x below 8.0.13, certain XML parsing functions, like simplexml_load_file(), URL-decode the filename passed to them. If that filename contains URL-encoded NUL character, this may cause the function to interpret this as the end of the filename, thus interpreting the filename differently from what the user intended, which may lead it to reading a different file than intended.
- Affected
- PHP Group · PHP
- CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 5.3 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 5.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - EPSS
- 25.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 98th percentile
- Published
- 2021-11-29
- Updated
- 2024-09-17
Proof-of-concept exploits (2)
Security advisories
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211223-0005
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5082
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2022-09
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00030.html