CVE-2015-6527

high

Published 2016-01-19 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

7.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.3

Description

The php_str_replace_in_subject function in ext/standard/string.c in PHP 7.x before 7.0.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted value in the third argument to the str_ireplace function.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

82%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
php	php	`7.0.0`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.