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CVE-2005-3388

47
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-3388 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability within the phpinfo function of PHP versions 4.x (up to 4.4.0) and 5.x (up to 5.0.5). This flaw allows remote attackers to inject malicious web scripts or HTML through a specially crafted URL utilizing "stacked array assignment." With a CVSS score of 4.3, it is a medium severity vulnerability, requiring medium attack complexity but no authentication, and primarily impacts integrity. While not actively exploited in the wild and not on the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.1:patch1:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.1:patch2:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
48.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-26442 · Oct 31, 2005
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.4889 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (8)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: php-0:4.3.2-26.ent
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: php-0:4.3.9-3.9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Stronghold 4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Stronghold 4.0 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (version 2.1)
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-3388Low

security flaw

Oct 31, 2005

References

itrc.hp.com / service/cki/docDisplay.do
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2006-0549.html
secunia.com / advisories/17371
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17490
secunia.com / advisories/17510
secunia.com / advisories/17531
secunia.com / advisories/17557
secunia.com / advisories/17559
secunia.com / advisories/18198
secunia.com / advisories/18669
secunia.com / advisories/21252
secunia.com / advisories/22691
securityreason.com / securityalert/133
securitytracker.com / id
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PIRZJHM6UDNWNHZ3PCMEZ2YUK3CWY2UE
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10542
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-037.htm
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-232-1
fedoralegacy.org / updates/FC2/2005-11-28-FLSA_2005_166943__Updated_php_packages_fix_security_issues.html
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-08.xml
hardened-php.net / advisory_182005.77.html
Vendor Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_27_sr.html
openpkg.org / security/OpenPKG-SA-2005.027-php.html
php.net / release_4_4_1.php
Patch
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-831.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-838.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/415292
securityfocus.com / bid/15248
Patch
turbolinux.com / security/2006/TLSA-2006-38.txt
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/2254
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4320