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CVE-2007-5898 Details

Description

The (1) htmlentities and (2) htmlspecialchars functions in PHP before 5.2.5 accept partial multibyte sequences, which has unknown impact and attack vectors, a different issue than CVE-2006-5465.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/27648	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27659	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/27864	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28249	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28658	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/30040	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/30828	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/31119	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/31124	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/31200	CVE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018934	CVE
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1943	CVE
https://launchpad.net/bugs/173043	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10080	CVE
https://usn.ubuntu.com/549-1/	CVE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00773.html	CVE
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0242	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1444	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:125	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:126	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:127	CVE
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.5	CVE
http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_5.php	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0505.html	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0544.html	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0545.html	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0546.html	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0582.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491693/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-549-2	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-628-1	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/27648	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27659	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/27864	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/28249	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/28658	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/30040	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/30828	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/31119	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/31124	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/31200	[email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018934	[email protected]
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1943	[email protected]
https://launchpad.net/bugs/173043	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10080	[email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/549-1/	[email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00773.html	[email protected]
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0242	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1444	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:125	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:126	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:127	[email protected]
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.5	[email protected]
http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_5.php	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0505.html	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0544.html	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0545.html	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0546.html	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0582.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491693/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-549-2	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-628-1	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo	Insufficient Information to Classify Weakness	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
php php	<= 5.2.4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:php:php:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 15, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 3, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 20, 2007	Initial Analysis	[email protected]