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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2006-0996 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpinfo (info.c) in PHP 5.1.2 and 4.4.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script…

published 2006-04-10 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-0999

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
11.1%
EPSS 11.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpinfo (info.c) in PHP 5.1.2 and 4.4.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via long array variables, including (1) a large number of dimensions or (2) long values, which prevents HTML tags from being removed.

Patch / fix

  • php RHEL 3 4.3.2-30.ent
  • php RHEL 4 4.3.9-3.12
  • php-gd RHEL 4 4.3.9-3.12
  • php-imap RHEL 3 4.3.2-30.ent
  • php-imap RHEL 4 4.3.9-3.12
  • php-ldap RHEL 3 4.3.2-30.ent
  • php-ldap RHEL 4 4.3.9-3.12
  • php-odbc RHEL 3 4.3.2-30.ent

red hat advisories RHSA-2006:0276

  • php7 openSUSE Tumbleweed 7.4.24-1.1
  • php8 openSUSE Tumbleweed 8.0.11-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11167-1openSUSE-SU-2024:11169-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2006-0996 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 php 4.3.2-30.ent, php-imap 4.3.2-30.ent, php-ldap 4.3.2-30.ent, php-odbc 4.3.2-30.ent, php-mysql 4.3.2-30.ent, php-pgsql 4.3.2-30.ent Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 php 4.3.2-30.ent, php-imap 4.3.2-30.ent, php-ldap 4.3.2-30.ent, php-odbc 4.3.2-30.ent, php-mysql 4.3.2-30.ent, php-pgsql 4.3.2-30.ent Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 php 4.3.9-3.12, php-gd 4.3.9-3.12, php-imap 4.3.9-3.12, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.12, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.12, php-pear 4.3.9-3.12, +7 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 php 4.3.9-3.12, php-gd 4.3.9-3.12, php-imap 4.3.9-3.12, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.12, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.12, php-pear 4.3.9-3.12, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0276
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0501
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 php 4.3.2-30.ent, php-imap 4.3.2-30.ent, php-ldap 4.3.2-30.ent, php-odbc 4.3.2-30.ent, php-mysql 4.3.2-30.ent, php-pgsql 4.3.2-30.ent Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 php 4.3.9-3.12, php-gd 4.3.9-3.12, php-imap 4.3.9-3.12, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.12, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.12, php-pear 4.3.9-3.12, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0276
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0501
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 php 4.3.2-30.ent, php-imap 4.3.2-30.ent, php-ldap 4.3.2-30.ent, php-odbc 4.3.2-30.ent, php-mysql 4.3.2-30.ent, php-pgsql 4.3.2-30.ent Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 php 4.3.9-3.12, php-gd 4.3.9-3.12, php-imap 4.3.9-3.12, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.12, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.12, php-pear 4.3.9-3.12, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0276
  • Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0501
  • Red Hat Stronghold 4.0 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (version 2.1)
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0549

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-27564)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

11.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-27564 PHP 4.x/5.0/5.1 - PHPInfo Large Input Cross-Site Scripting remote, 2006-04-03
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17362 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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