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Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-2000-0059 in the critical feed json

PHP3 with safe_mode enabled does not properly filter shell metacharacters from commands that are executed by popen, which could allow remot…

published 2000-01-04 26 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2000-0059

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
10.9%
EPSS 10.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

PHP3 with safe_mode enabled does not properly filter shell metacharacters from commands that are executed by popen, which could allow remote attackers to execute commands.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-19708)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

10.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-19708 PHP 3.0.13 - 'Safe_mode' Failure remote, 2000-01-04

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Technology feeds

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.