CVE-2010-3870

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 None
Description
The utf8_decode function in PHP before 5.3.4 does not properly handle non-shortest form UTF-8 encoding and ill-formed subsequences in UTF-8 data, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) and SQL injection protection mechanisms via a crafted string.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2010-3870
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2010-11-12T21:00:02
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-13T04:27:11
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.2.14
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.3.0 5.3.4
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=48230 Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=49687 Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052836.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052845.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469208622507&w=2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://sirdarckcat.blogspot.com/2009/10/couple-of-unicode-issues-on-php-and.html Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581 Third Party Advisory
http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=304959 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.utf8-decode.php#83935 Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.acunetix.com/blog/web-security-articles/security-risks-associated-with-utf8_decode/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-09/VELANAVA/BHUSA09-VelaNava-FavoriteXSS-SLIDES.pdf Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:224 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/11 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/6 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/8 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/03/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0919.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0195.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44605 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024797 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1042-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3081 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0020 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0021 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0077 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0919
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0195
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3870
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=649056
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3870
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3870
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:59:54 Added to TrackCVE
2023-02-02 15:03:02 2023-02-02T14:15:22 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-02 15:03:02 Analyzed Modified Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-02 15:03:03 The utf8_decode function in PHP before 5.3.4 does not properly handle non-shortest form UTF-8 encoding and ill-formed subsequences in UTF-8 data, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) and SQL injection protection mechanisms via a crafted string. CVE-2010-3870 php: XSS mitigation bypass via utf8_decode() Description updated
2023-02-02 15:03:07 References updated
2023-02-13 05:03:58 2023-02-13T04:27:11 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-13 05:03:58 CVE-2010-3870 php: XSS mitigation bypass via utf8_decode() The utf8_decode function in PHP before 5.3.4 does not properly handle non-shortest form UTF-8 encoding and ill-formed subsequences in UTF-8 data, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) and SQL injection protection mechanisms via a crafted string. Description updated