# CVE-2012-2335: php-wrapper.fcgi does not properly handle command-line arguments, which allows remote attackers to bypass a protection mechanism in PHP 5.3.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2012-05-11 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

php-wrapper.fcgi does not properly handle command-line arguments, which allows remote attackers to bypass a protection mechanism in PHP 5.3.12 and 5.4.2 and execute arbitrary code by leveraging improper interaction between the PHP sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c component and a query string beginning with a +- sequence.

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## References

- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61910
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00003.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49014
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c%3Bh=a7ac26f0#l1569
- https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c03839862
- http://eindbazen.net/2012/05/php-cgi-advisory-cve-2012-1823/
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/520827
- http://www.php.net/archive/2012.php#id2012-05-06-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75652

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