CVE-2000-0059: PHP

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 10.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

PHP3 with safe_mode enabled does not properly filter shell metacharacters from commands that are executed by popen, which could allow remote attackers to execute commands.

Affected products

• PHP PHP: version 3.0 only; version 3.0.1 only; version 3.0.2 only; version 3.0.3 only; version 3.0.4 only; version 3.0.5 only; …

Published 2000-01-04. Last modified 2026-06-16.