php-htmlpurifier — security advisory
HTML Purifier 4.2.0 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to a .php file, which reveals the installation path in an error message, as demonstrated by tests/PHPT/Reporter/SimpleTest.php and certain other files.
- Products
- php-htmlpurifier
- Affected versions
- 4.10.0-1, 4.11.0-1, 4.11.0-2, 4.11.0-2build1, 4.6.0-1, 4.7.0-1, 4.7.0-1build1, 4.7.0-2
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2011-3744
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:18 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
HTML Purifier 4.2.0 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to a .php file, which reveals the installation path in an error message, as demonstrated by tests/PHPT/Reporter/SimpleTest.php and certain other files.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2011-3744
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Complete source record
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