CVE-2007-5898 describes a vulnerability in the htmlentities and htmlspecialchars functions of PHP versions prior to 5.2.5, where these functions incorrectly accept partial multibyte sequences. This issue, distinct from CVE-2006-5465, has an unknown impact and attack vectors. With a CVSS score of 6.4 (medium severity), it carries a potential for partial confidentiality and integrity compromise, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
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