CVE-2021-21707 MEDIUM

CVE-2021-21707: Special characters break path parsing in XML functions

Vendor Php Group
Product PHP
Weakness CWE-159
Published November 29, 2021
Last update September 17, 2024

CVSS base score

5.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

In PHP versions 7.3.x below 7.3.33, 7.4.x below 7.4.26 and 8.0.x below 8.0.13, certain XML parsing functions, like simplexml_load_file(), URL-decode the filename passed to them. If that filename contains URL-encoded NUL character, this may cause the function to interpret this as the end of the filename, thus interpreting the filename differently from what the user intended, which may lead it to reading a different file than intended.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 29, 2021 CVE published
September 17, 2024 Record updated