PHP 7.2.x < 7.2.32 Information Disclosure

high Web App Scanning Plugin ID 112612

Synopsis

PHP 7.2.x < 7.2.32 Information Disclosure

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the version of PHP running on the remote Windows web server is 7.2.x prior to 7.2.32, 7.3.x prior to 7.3.20 or 7.4.x prior to 7.4.8. It is, therefore, affected by an information disclosure vulnerability. The libcurl library can be tricked to prepend a part of the password to the host name before it resolves it, potentially leaking the partial password over the network and to the DNS server(s).

Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to PHP version 7.2.32 or later.

See Also

https://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php#7.2.32

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 112612

Type: remote

Published: 10/9/2020

Updated: 3/14/2023

Scan Template: api, basic, full, pci, scan

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8169

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8169

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/14/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/14/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8169