THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2019-11044
LOW SEVERITY

CVE-2019-11044

Php vulnerability

CVSS
3.7
EPSS
5.1%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
In PHP versions 7.2.x below 7.2.26, 7.3.x below 7.3.13 and 7.4.0 on Windows, PHP link() function accepts filenames with embedded \0 byte and treats them as terminating at that byte. This could lead to security vulnerabilities, e.g. in applications checking paths that the code is allowed to access.
Affected vendor
Php
Affected product
Php
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2019-12-23

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 5.1% 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-2019-11044

  • Confirm whether Php Php is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-11044.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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