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CVE-2008-2051

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-2051 is a critical vulnerability affecting the escapeshellcmd API function in PHP versions prior to 5.2.6, stemming from "incomplete multibyte chars." It carries a maximum CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a network-exploitable vulnerability with low attack complexity, requiring no authentication, and leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0310 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1Fixed in: php-0:4.1.2-2.20
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: php-0:4.3.2-48.ent
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: php-0:4.3.9-3.22.12
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php-0:5.1.6-20.el5_2.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Web Application Stack for RHEL 4Fixed in: php-0:5.1.6-3.el4s1.10
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-2051Moderate

PHP multibyte shell escape flaw

May 1, 2008

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce//2008/Jul/msg00003.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html
secunia.com / advisories/30048
secunia.com / advisories/30083
secunia.com / advisories/30158
secunia.com / advisories/30288
secunia.com / advisories/30345
secunia.com / advisories/30411
secunia.com / advisories/30757
secunia.com / advisories/30828
secunia.com / advisories/30967
secunia.com / advisories/31119
secunia.com / advisories/31124
secunia.com / advisories/31200
secunia.com / advisories/31326
secunia.com / advisories/32746
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200811-05.xml
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-2503
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10256
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00773.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00779.html
wiki.rpath.com / wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0176
wiki.rpath.com / wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0178
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1572
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1578
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/05/02/2
php.net / ChangeLog-5.php
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0505.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0544.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0545.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0546.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0582.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/492535/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/492671/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/29009
slackware.com / security/viewer.php
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-628-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1412
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2268