CVE-2016-6175

critical

Published 2017-02-07 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

9.8

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

Eval injection vulnerability in php-gettext 1.0.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted plural forms header.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

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-40154 webapps php verified

kmkz · 2016-07-25

PHP gettext 1.0.12 - 'gettext.php' Code Execution

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

OS impact

Debian Fixed 3 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
sid	Fixed	`1.0.12-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`1.0.12-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`1.0.12-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
php-gettext_project	php-gettext	`{"endIncluding":"1.0.12"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-94

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

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.