CVEs / CVE-2012-2335
CVE-2012-2335: n/a n/a vulnerability
- high 7.5 CVSS 2.0 (NVD)
- EPSS 33.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of CVEs (1 Nov 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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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.
Affected and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| n/a n/a | n/a | — |
Exploitation
Not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as of 30 Oct 2026.
Severity
| CVSS 2.0 | 7.5 highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:PScored by NVD |
|---|---|
| Weakness | CWE-264 |
References
- CVE-2012-2335 on NVD
- http://eindbazen.net/2012/05/php-cgi-advisory-cve-2012-1823/
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c%3Bh=a7ac26f0#l1569
- 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://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/520827 US Government Resource
- http://www.php.net/archive/2012.php#id2012-05-06-1
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61910 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75652
- https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c03839862
Sources
Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.
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