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CVE-2008-5844

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5844 describes an incorrect change in PHP 5.2.7's FILTER_UNSAFE_RAW functionality, which inadvertently disables magic_quotes_gpc, potentially enabling SQL injection and other attacks. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity, allowing for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.2.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.66%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0166 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 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, 0.1 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-5844

php: change to the FILTER_UNSAFE_RAW in 5.2.7 breaks magic_quotes_gpc

Dec 8, 2008

References

bugs.php.net / bug.php
Exploit
bugs.php.net / bug.php
php.net / archive/2008.php
php.net / archive/2008.php
php.net / ChangeLog-5.php
securityfocus.com / bid/32673
securitytracker.com / id