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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.4

CVE-2025-43717 json

PEAR HTTP_Request2 vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

published 2025-04-17 18 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-w7gh-f2fm-9q8r , EUVD-2025-11501

cvss
5.4
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 27%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In PEAR HTTP_Request2 before 2.7.0, multiple files in the tests directory, notably tests/_network/getparameters.php and tests/_network/postparameters.php, reflect any GET or POST parameters, leading to XSS.

Patch / fix

  • packagist pear/http_request2 2.7.0
  • avb HTTP_Request2 2.7.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
18 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
GitHub 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist pear/http_request2
<2.7.0
2.7.0

Affected products

  • avb HTTP_Request2

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-531 Inclusion of Sensitive Information in Test Code
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.