Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
PEAR HTTP_Request2 versions before 2.7.0 are vulnerable to cross-site scripting. Several test scripts in its tests directory, including tests/_network/getparameters.php and tests/_network/postparameters.php, echo back any GET or POST parameters without escaping. Upgrade to version 2.7.0 or later.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.4 | Medium | 3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N | CNA (mitre) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0034, the 26th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:27 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:27 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-w7gh-f2fm-9q8r
- OSV: GHSA-w7gh-f2fm-9q8r
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43717
- github.com/pear/HTTP_Request2/commit/07925aa77e441dba0ff0fa973a09802729cb838f
- github.com/pear/HTTP_Request2/commit/265e05f9e08a28a38a57219516a8e4e2dfdbb147
- github.com/pear/HTTP_Request2
- github.com/pear/HTTP_Request2/blob/b1c61b71128045734d757c4d3d436457ace80ea7/package.xml#L24
- github.com/pear/HTTP_Request2/compare/v2.6.0...v2.7.0