Detail CWE-621

CWE-621

Variable Extraction Error
2007-05-07
00h00 +00:00
Incomplete
2026-10-28
00h00 +00:00
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Kelola notifikasi

Nama: Variable Extraction Error

The product uses external input to determine the names of variables into which information is extracted, without verifying that the names of the specified variables are valid.

Informasi Umum

Mode Pengenalan

Implementation

Platform yang Berlaku

Bahasa

Nama: PHP (Undetermined)
Kelas: Interpreted (Undetermined)

Konsekuensi Umum

Cakupan Dampak Kemungkinan
IntegrityModify Application Data

Catatan: An attacker could cause the program to overwrite unintended variables.
IntegrityModify Application Data

Catatan: When using PHP, calling extract() or import_request_variables() without the proper arguments could allow arbitrary global variables to be overwritten, including superglobals.

Contoh yang Diamati

Referensi Deskripsi

CVE-2006-7135

extract issue enables file inclusion

CVE-2006-7079

Chain: PHP app uses extract for register_globals compatibility layer (CWE-621), enabling path traversal (CWE-22)

CVE-2007-0649

extract() buried in include files makes post-disclosure analysis confusing; original report had seemed incorrect.

CVE-2006-6661

extract() enables static code injection

CVE-2006-2828

import_request_variables() buried in include files makes post-disclosure analysis confusing

Mitigasi yang Memungkinkan

Phases : Implementation
Use allowlists of variable names that can be extracted.
Phases : Implementation
Consider refactoring your code to avoid extraction routines altogether.
Phases : Implementation
In PHP, call extract() with options such as EXTR_SKIP and EXTR_PREFIX_ALL; call import_request_variables() with a prefix argument. Note that these capabilities are not present in all PHP versions.

Catatan Pemetaan Kerentanan

Justifikasi : This CWE entry is at the Variant level of abstraction, which is a preferred level of abstraction for mapping to the root causes of vulnerabilities.
Komentar : Carefully read both the name and description to ensure that this mapping is an appropriate fit. Do not try to 'force' a mapping to a lower-level Base/Variant simply to comply with this preferred level of abstraction.

Catatan

Probably under-reported for PHP. Seems under-studied for other interpreted languages.

Pengajuan

Nama Organisasi Tanggal Tanggal rilis Version
CWE Content Team MITRE 2007-05-07 +00:00 2007-05-07 +00:00 Draft 6

Modifikasi

Nama Organisasi Tanggal Komentar
Eric Dalci Cigital 2008-07-01 +00:00 updated Time_of_Introduction
CWE Content Team MITRE 2008-09-08 +00:00 updated Description, Relationships, Observed_Example, Other_Notes, Weakness_Ordinalities
CWE Content Team MITRE 2008-10-14 +00:00 updated Description
CWE Content Team MITRE 2011-06-01 +00:00 updated Common_Consequences
CWE Content Team MITRE 2012-05-11 +00:00 updated Common_Consequences, Demonstrative_Examples, Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2012-10-30 +00:00 updated Potential_Mitigations
CWE Content Team MITRE 2013-02-21 +00:00 updated Demonstrative_Examples, Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2014-06-23 +00:00 updated Description, Other_Notes
CWE Content Team MITRE 2014-07-30 +00:00 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team MITRE 2020-02-24 +00:00 updated Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2020-06-25 +00:00 updated Potential_Mitigations
CWE Content Team MITRE 2022-04-28 +00:00 updated Research_Gaps
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-04-27 +00:00 updated Relationships, Type
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-06-29 +00:00 updated Mapping_Notes
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-10-26 +00:00 updated Observed_Examples
CWE Content Team MITRE 2026-04-30 +00:00 updated Potential_Mitigations
CWE Content Team MITRE 2026-10-28 +00:00 updated Applicable_Platforms, Common_Consequences, Demonstrative_Examples, Description