CVE-2018-17082 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Apache2 component in PHP versions prior to 5.6.38, 7.0.32, 7.1.22, and 7.2.10. This flaw arises from improper handling of "Transfer-Encoding: chunked" requests, allowing an attacker to inject malicious scripts via the request body. With a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium), this vulnerability requires user interaction and can lead to low impact on confidentiality and integrity. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, a Nuclei template exists for detection, and there is some community discussion, including a mention of potential cache poisoning.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.6.38CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.0.0, < 7.0.32CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.1.0, < 7.1.22CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.2.0, < 7.2.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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