CVE-2016-7125

7.5 highEPSS 5.8%

High (7.5) in php php. EPSS 5.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

ext/session/session.c in PHP before 5.6.25 and 7.x before 7.0.10 skips invalid session names in a way that triggers incorrect parsing, which allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary-type session data by leveraging control of a session name, as demonstrated by object injection.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

7.5 high

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS: 5.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 93% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-74
Published: 2016-09-12
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

php:php

References

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/02/9
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92552

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