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PHP 7.0.0-dev RCE Vulnerability

🗓️ 23 Nov 2021 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AGType 
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PHP 7.0.0-dev RCE Vulnerability. Remote code execution vulnerability in PHP development version 7.0.

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:php:php";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.117792");
  script_version("2025-09-24T05:39:03+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-24 05:39:03 +0000 (Wed, 24 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-11-23 15:10:42 +0000 (Tue, 23 Nov 2021)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2022-08-05 14:27:00 +0000 (Fri, 05 Aug 2022)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-6527");

  # nb: Only development version of 7.0.0 affected which is (at least currently) not detectable.
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("PHP 7.0.0-dev RCE Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_php_consolidation.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("php/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"PHP is prone to a remote code execution (RCE)
  vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The php_str_replace_in_subject function in
  ext/standard/string.c allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted value in the
  third argument to the str_ireplace function.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Only the development (-dev) version of PHP 7.0.0 is
  affected.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to the final version 7.0.0 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/30/11");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70140");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
  exit(0);

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if (version =~ "^7\.0\.0") {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "7.0.0 final", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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