6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
php is vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS). The vulnerability exists as a numeric truncation error and an input validation flaw were found in the way the PHP utf8_decode() function decoded partial multi-byte sequences for some multi-byte encodings, sending them to output without them being escaped. An attacker could use these flaws to perform a cross-site scripting attack.
bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=49687
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lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052845.html
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secunia.com/advisories/42812
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www.securityfocus.com/bid/44889
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www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0021
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