THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2017-5630
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2017-5630

Pear vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
12.5%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
PECL in the download utility class in the Installer in PEAR Base System v1.10.1 does not validate file types and filenames after a redirect, which allows remote HTTP servers to overwrite files via crafted responses, as demonstrated by a .htaccess overwrite.
Affected vendor
Php
Affected product
Pear
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2017-02-01

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 12.5% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-5630

  • Confirm whether Php Pear is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-5630.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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