CVE-2008-2051 Command injection in n/a
Critical 10.0
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-2051 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2008-2051 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Php Php, published on 5 May 2008.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-2051 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Php Php. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-2051/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-2051/index.md)
Incomplete multibyte character handling in PHP's escapeshellcmd function may allow command injection attacks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not stated
- Attackable
- Not stated
- Victim action needed
- Not stated
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2008-2051?
CVE-2008-2051 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Php Php, published on 5 May 2008.
Official description
The escapeshellcmd API function in PHP before 5.2.6 has unknown impact and context-dependent attack vectors related to "incomplete multibyte chars."
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-2051?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Php Php.
How do I fix CVE-2008-2051?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2008-2051 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-2051 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Php Php
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rgm3-vgw5-f2fw.