CVE-2010-3870

php: XSS mitigation bypass via utf8_decode()

Published Nov 12, 2010 CVSS 2.0 · 6.8 Medium EPSS 11.3% KEV · Not listed
Description
The utf8_decode function in PHP before 5.3.4 does not properly handle non-shortest form UTF-8 encoding and ill-formed subsequences in UTF-8 data, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) and SQL injection protection mechanisms via a crafted string.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2195-1 php5 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-3848 The utf8_decode function in PHP before 5.3.4 does not properly handle non-shortest form UTF-8 encoding and ill-formed subsequences in UTF-8 data, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) and SQL injection protection mechanisms via a crafted string.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1042-1 PHP vulnerabilities
References
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http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=48230 cve-icon cve-icon
http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=49687 cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052836.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052845.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469208622507&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/42410 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/42812 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sirdarckcat.blogspot.com/2009/10/couple-of-unicode-issues-on-php-and.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581 cve-icon cve-icon
http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=304959 cve-icon cve-icon
http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.utf8-decode.php#83935 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.acunetix.com/blog/web-security-articles/security-risks-associated-with-utf8_decode/ cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-09/VELANAVA/BHUSA09-VelaNava-FavoriteXSS-SLIDES.pdf cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:224 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/11 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/4 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/6 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/8 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/03/1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0919.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0195.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44605 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024797 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1042-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3081 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0020 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0021 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0077 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3870 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-3870 cve-icon
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 3:26 AM
Reserved
Oct 8, 2010, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 12, 2010, 9:00 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:23 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Sep 27, 2009, 12:00 AM