CVE-2015-8935

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.1
Description
The sapi_header_op function in main/SAPI.c in PHP before 5.4.38, 5.5.x before 5.5.22, and 5.6.x before 5.6.6 supports deprecated line folding without considering browser compatibility, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks against Internet Explorer by leveraging (1) %0A%20 or (2) %0D%0A%20 mishandling in the header function.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2015-8935
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-08-07T10:59:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-01-05T02:30:25
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-79 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.4.37
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha4:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha5:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha6:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:alpha4:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:alpha5:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 6.1
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 2.7
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68978 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/20/3 Mailing List Patch
https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/996faf964bba1aec06b153b370a7f20d3dd2bb8b?w=1 Issue Tracking Patch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00025.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8935
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8935
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:52:43 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 10:48:12 2016-08-07T10:59Z 2016-08-07T10:59:01 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 10:48:12 2018-01-05T02:30:25 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 10:48:12 Modified Vulnerability Status updated