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Vulnerability record · CVE-2006-0996 · published 10 April 2006

CVE-2006-0996: Php cross-site scripting vulnerability

Php · Php

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpinfo (info.c) in PHP 5.1.2 and 4.4.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via long array variables, including (1) a large number of dimensions or (2) long values, which prevents HTML tags from being removed.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 11% · top 4.3% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
11%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
68References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpinfo (info.c) in PHP 5.1.2 and 4.4.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via long array variables, including (1) a large number of dimensions or (2) long values, which prevents HTML tags from being removed.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060501-01-U.asc
http://cvs.php.net/viewcvs.cgi/php-src/ext/standard/info.c
http://cvs.php.net/viewcvs.cgi/php-src/ext/standard/info.c?r1=1.260&r2=1.261 Patch
http://marc.info/?l=php-cvs&m=114374620416389&w=2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0276.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0549.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19599 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19775 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19832 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19979 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20052 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20210 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20222 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20951 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21125 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21252 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21564 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200605-08.xml
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/34
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/675
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015879
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-129.htm
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-160.htm
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:074
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/05-05-2006.html
http://www.osvdb.org/24484
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-4.php#4.4.3
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0501.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17362 Exploit
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-320-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1290
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2685
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25702
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10997
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060501-01-U.asc
http://cvs.php.net/viewcvs.cgi/php-src/ext/standard/info.c
http://cvs.php.net/viewcvs.cgi/php-src/ext/standard/info.c?r1=1.260&r2=1.261 Patch
http://marc.info/?l=php-cvs&m=114374620416389&w=2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0276.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0549.html

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2006-0996), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.