CVE-2021-21707
Special characters break path parsing in XML functions
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.3 Medium
- Published
- Nov 29, 2021
- Updated
- Sep 17, 2024
- Reserved
- Jan 4, 2021
Description
In PHP versions 7.3.x below 7.3.33, 7.4.x below 7.4.26 and 8.0.x below 8.0.13, certain XML parsing functions, like simplexml_load_file(), URL-decode the filename passed to them. If that filename contains URL-encoded NUL character, this may cause the function to interpret this as the end of the filename, thus interpreting the filename differently from what the user intended, which may lead it to reading a different file than intended.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N | php |
Weaknesses
- CWE-159 Failure to Sanitize Special Element
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
PHPPHP Group |
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References
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