CVE-2016-7125
High
CVE-2016-7125
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.
Exploit probability
5.8%
Published
September 12, 2016
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 7, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
24 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2016-7125
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- 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
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036680
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72681
- https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/8763c6090d627d8bb0ee1d030c30e58f406be9ce?w=1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-19