CVE-2007-5424: PHP

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The disable_functions feature in PHP 4 and 5 allows attackers to bypass intended restrictions by using an alias, as demonstrated by using ini_alter when ini_set is disabled.

Affected products

• PHP PHP: version 4.0 only; version 5.0.0 only

Published 2007-10-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.