🛡️ CVE-2020-7071 — libphp

🟡 CVSS 5.0 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
5.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

FILTER_VALIDATE_URL accepts URLs with invalid userinfo

In PHP versions 7.3.x below 7.3.26, 7.4.x below 7.4.14 and 8.0.0, when validating URL with functions like filter_var($url, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL), PHP will accept an URL with invalid password as valid URL. This may lead to functions that rely on URL being valid to mis-parse the URL and produce wrong data as components of the URL.

Affected software

CVE-2020-7071 is recorded against 3 packages.

  • libphp
  • php
  • php-min

Timeline and source

Published on 11 August 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

bugs.php.net (Web)
lists.debian.org (Web)
nvd.nist.gov (Web)
security.gentoo.org (Web)
security.netapp.com (Web)
www.debian.org (Web)
www.oracle.com (Web)
www.tenable.com (Web)

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.0
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2025-08-11
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2025-08-11
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
libphp
php
php-min

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