CVE-2004-0595

Severity

68%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

106%

The strip_tags function in PHP 4.x up to 4.3.7, and 5.x up to 5.0.0RC3, does not filter null (\0) characters within tag names when restricting input to allowed tags, which allows dangerous tags to be processed by web browsers such as Internet Explorer and Safari, which ignore null characters and facilitate the exploitation of cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities.

The strip_tags function in PHP 4.x up to 4.3.7, and 5.x up to 5.0.0RC3, does not filter null (\0) characters within tag names when restricting input to allowed tags, which allows dangerous tags to be processed by web browsers such as Internet Explorer and Safari, which ignore null characters and facilitate the exploitation of cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 20 years ago

2004-07-27 04:00:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-30 16:25:00

Affected Software

Avaya Converged Communications Server 2.0

2.0

Trustix Secure Linux 1.5

1.5

Trustix Secure Linux 2.0

2.0

Trustix Secure Linux 2.1

2.1

Avaya Integrated Management

PHP 4.0.0

4.0

PHP PHP 4.0.1

4.0.1

PHP PHP 4.0.2

4.0.2

PHP PHP 4.0.3

4.0.3

PHP PHP 4.0.4

4.0.4

PHP PHP 4.0.5

4.0.5

PHP PHP 4.0.6

4.0.6

PHP PHP 4.0.7

4.0.7

PHP PHP 4.1.0

4.1.0

PHP PHP 4.1.1

4.1.1

PHP PHP 4.1.2

4.1.2

PHP PHP 4.2.0

4.2.0

PHP PHP 4.2.1

4.2.1

PHP PHP 4.2.2

4.2.2

PHP PHP 4.2.3

4.2.3

PHP PHP 4.3.0

4.3.0

PHP PHP 4.3.1

4.3.1

PHP PHP 4.3.2

4.3.2

PHP PHP 4.3.3

4.3.3

PHP PHP 4.3.5

4.3.5

PHP PHP 4.3.6

4.3.6

PHP PHP 4.3.7

4.3.7

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