CVE-2012-1823

unknown KEV

Published 2022-03-25 · Modified 2022-03-25

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

2.5

Description

sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c in PHP, when configured as a CGI script, does not properly handle query strings, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

CISA KEV

Vendor: PHP
Product: PHP
Due date: 2022-04-15

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

99%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-29316 remote php

noptrix · 2013-10-31

Apache + PHP < 5.3.12 / < 5.4.2 - Remote Code Execution + Scanner

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

EDB-18834 remote php verified

Metasploit · 2012-05-04

PHP 5.3.12/5.4.2 - CGI Argument Injection (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

EDB-18836 remote php verified

rayh4c · 2012-05-05

PHP < 5.3.12 / < 5.4.2 - CGI Argument Injection

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

EDB-29290 remote php verified

kingcope · 2013-10-29

Apache + PHP < 5.3.12 / < 5.4.2 - cgi-bin Remote Code Execution

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_multi/http/php_cgi_arg_injection rank 600

PHP CGI Argument Injection

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1823

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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