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CVE-2007-1701

34
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-1701 is a critical deserialization vulnerability affecting PHP versions 4 prior to 4.4.5 and 5 prior to 5.2.1 when the register_globals setting is enabled. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by manipulating session data to overwrite global variables. With a CVSS score of 6.8, it presents a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.0.0, < 4.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.0.0, < 5.2.1CPE 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
9.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-3572 · Mar 25, 2007
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0923 is in the 94th 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 (6)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php-0:5.1.6-7.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1Fixed in: php-0:4.1.2-2.14
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: php-0:4.3.2-39.ent
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: php-0:4.3.9-3.22.3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Web Application Stack for RHEL 4Fixed in: php-0:5.1.6-3.el4s1.5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Stronghold 4.0 for RHEL 2.1ASFixed in: stronghold-php-0:4.1.2-12
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-1701Important

php session extension global variable clobber

Feb 14, 2007

References

h20000.www2.hp.com / bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp
Broken Link
h20000.www2.hp.com / bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/25423
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/25445
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/25850
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200705-19.xml
Third Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/33658
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11034
Third Party Advisory
php-security.org / MOPB/MOPB-31-2007.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/23120
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/1991
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/2374
Third Party Advisory