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CVE-2007-4889

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-4889 describes a vulnerability in the MySQL extension of PHP versions 5.2.4 and earlier, allowing remote attackers to bypass safe_mode and open_basedir restrictions. This bypass is achieved through the use of MySQL's LOAD_FILE, INTO DUMPFILE, and INTO OUTFILE functions. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is of medium severity, indicating that an attacker can exploit it remotely with moderate complexity to achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:mysql_extension:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 5.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
65.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0122 is in the 32nd percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-4889

php mysql extension safemode flaw

References

securityreason.com / securityalert/3134
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/36555
securityfocus.com / archive/1/479082/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/479187/100/200/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/479189/100/200/threaded