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CVE-2020-7071

MEDIUM
Published 2021-02-15T04:10:16.239604Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
5.3
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.063
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 6.3% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.904
Higher than 90.4% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE

Description

In PHP versions 7.3.x below 7.3.26, 7.4.x below 7.4.14 and 8.0.0, when validating URL with functions like filter_var($url, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL), PHP will accept an URL with invalid password as valid URL. This may lead to functions that rely on URL being valid to mis-parse the URL and produce wrong data as components of the URL.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

PHP Group

PHP

Affected Versions:

7.3.x 7.4.x 8.0.X

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed MODERATE

GHSA-grxx-qh3p-vx7g

Advisory Details

In PHP versions 7.3.x below 7.3.26, 7.4.x below 7.4.14 and 8.0.0, when validating URL with functions like filter_var($url, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL), PHP will accept an URL with invalid password as valid URL. This may lead to functions that rely on URL being valid to mis-parse the URL and produce wrong data as components of the URL.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

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

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7071
WEB https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=77423
WEB https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00008.html
WEB https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-23
WEB https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210312-0005
WEB https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4856
WEB https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
WEB https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-14

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 24, 2022, Modified: August 29, 2022

References

https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=77423
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4856
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-23
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00008.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-14
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210312-0005/
Published: 2021-02-15T04:10:16.239604Z
Last Modified: 2024-09-16T17:28:54.077Z
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