# CVE-2006-0996: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpinfo (info.c) in PHP 5.1.2 and 4.4.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script o

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2006-04-10 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpinfo (info.c) in PHP 5.1.2 and 4.4.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via long array variables, including (1) a large number of dimensions or (2) long values, which prevents HTML tags from being removed.

## What to do

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## References

- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/675
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19775
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21252
- http://www.osvdb.org/24484
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20222
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20210
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-4.php#4.4.3
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-160.htm
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17362
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0276.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200605-08.xml
- http://cvs.php.net/viewcvs.cgi/php-src/ext/standard/info.c?r1=1.260&r2=1.261
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1290
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-320-1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0501.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015879
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/34
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19979
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0549.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20951
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21125
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10997
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-129.htm
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19599
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:074
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27564

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