Medium

PHPEMS Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability

  • Disclosed: 10.12.2023
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in PHPEMS 6.x/7.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality in the library lib/session.cls.php of the component Session Data Handler. The manipulation leads to deserialization. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-247357 was assigned to this vulnerability.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package phpems/phpems >= 6.0.0, <= 6.1.3 no fix

References

CVSS score 6.3/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-502
Platform
Composer
Package
phpems/phpems
Disclosed
10.12.2023
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-5rv2-vvmf-f7w8 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: phpems/phpems

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