Vulnerability Details CVE-2012-1823
sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c in PHP before 5.3.12 and 5.4.x before 5.4.2, when configured as a CGI script (aka php-cgi), does not properly handle query strings that lack an = (equals sign) character, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by placing command-line options in the query string, related to lack of skipping a certain php_getopt for the 'd' case.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.944
EPSS Ranking 100.0%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 9.8
CVSS v2 Score 7.5
Proposed Action
sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c in PHP, when configured as a CGI script, does not properly handle query strings, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Ransomware Campaign
Unknown