MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2020-7059

Php vulnerability

CVSS
6.5
EPSS
7.1%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
When using fgetss() function to read data with stripping tags, in PHP versions 7.2.x below 7.2.27, 7.3.x below 7.3.14 and 7.4.x below 7.4.2 it is possible to supply data that will cause this function to read past the allocated buffer. This may lead to information disclosure or crash.
Affected vendor
Php
Affected product
Php
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2020-02-10

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 low impact to confidentiality, low impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 7.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

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  • Confirm whether Php Php is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2020-7059.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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