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CVE-2017-7272

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-7272 is a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability affecting PHP versions through 7.1.11. It arises when applications use fsockopen or pfsockopen with a hostname argument that includes a colon-separated port number, overriding the intended port argument. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3.0 score of 7.4 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to high integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 7.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.4HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0351 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (8)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php53
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2Fixed in: php
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: rh-php56-php
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: rh-php70-php

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-7272Low

php: potential SSRF via fsockopen

Mar 27, 2017

References

bugs.php.net / bug.php
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
bugs.php.net / bug.php
github.com / php/php-src/commit/bab0b99f376dac9170ac81382a5ed526938d595a
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20180112-0001
sec-consult.com / fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20170403-0_PHP_Misbehavior_of_fsockopen_function_v10.txt
securityfocus.com / bid/97178
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038158