PHP, when not configured with the "display_errors = Off" setting in php.ini, allows…
Priority LOW 31Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
PHP, when not configured with the "display_errors = Off" setting in php.ini, allows remote attackers to obtain the physical path for an include file via a trailing slash in a request to a directly accessible PHP program, which modifies the base path, causes the include directive to fail, and produces an error message that contains the path.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.05234 92nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 9
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.0 | Vulnerable | PHP |
| cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.0.1 | Vulnerable | PHP |
| cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.1:patch2:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.0.1 patch2 | Vulnerable | PHP |
| cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.0.3 | Vulnerable | PHP |
| cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.0.4 | Vulnerable | PHP |
| cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.0.5 | Vulnerable | PHP |
| cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.0.6 | Vulnerable | PHP |
| cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.1.0 | Vulnerable | PHP |
| cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.1.2 | Vulnerable | PHP |
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·PHP
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.1 Vulnerable ·PHP
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.1:patch2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.1 patch2 Vulnerable ·PHP
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.3 Vulnerable ·PHP
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.4 Vulnerable ·PHP
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.5 Vulnerable ·PHP
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.6 Vulnerable ·PHP
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.0 Vulnerable ·PHP
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.2 Vulnerable ·PHP
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2002-0253
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5q32-m2cg-3vh8
References
More Php vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-04260 Argument Injection in PHP-CGI KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-08259 Underflow in PHP-FPM can lead to RCE KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2012-01607 sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c in PHP before 5.3.12 and 5.4.x before 5.4.2, when configured as a CGI… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-78794 PHP remote code execution via stale global state KEVCVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
- TI-2026-78793 Out-of-memory handling flaw in PHP allows remote code execution KEVCVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
- TI-2015-00205 Heap-based buffer overflow in the __nss_hostname_digits_dots function in glibc 2.2, and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
Sources
- CVE-2002-0253 · CVE Program
- CVE-2002-0253 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5q32-m2cg-3vh8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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