THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-7125
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-7125

Php vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
5.8%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
ext/session/session.c in PHP before 5.6.25 and 7.x before 7.0.10 skips invalid session names in a way that triggers incorrect parsing, which allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary-type session data by leveraging control of a session name, as demonstrated by object injection.
Affected vendor
Php
Affected product
Php
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2016-09-12

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 5.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-7125

  • Confirm whether Php Php is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-7125.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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