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CVE-2007-5898

The (1) htmlentities and (2) htmlspecialchars functions in PHP before 5.2.5 accept partial multibyte sequences, which has unknown impact and attack vectors, a different issue than CVE-2006-5465.

Severity
Medium 6.4
Published
20 Nov 2007
Last changed
16 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
14 Oct 2026
Exploit chance
2.8% in the next 30 daysHigher than 86% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 12 Nov 2026
Attack
Over the network · No login needed
Attacker can
Read some data · Change some data
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
PHPServers and applications · cpe:a:php:php
  • Every version up to 5.2.4

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5898
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5898