Cross-site scripting via unescaped request URI
Published May 10, 2026 · Updated May 10, 2026
Cross-site scripting in PHP-FPM allows remote attackers to execute JavaScript in a status-page viewer's browser via a crafted request URI. The full HTML and XML status renderers include a request URI retained from an earlier attacker request without neutralizing markup. No authentication or direct status-endpoint access is needed to plant the URI, but execution requires another user to open the full status page.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site scripting in PHP-FPM allows remote attackers to execute JavaScript in a status-page viewer's browser via a crafted request URI. The full HTML and XML status renderers include a request URI retained from an earlier attacker request without neutralizing markup. No authentication or direct status-endpoint access is needed to plant the URI, but execution requires another user to open the full status page.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-6735
- Published
- May 10, 2026
- Updated
- May 10, 2026
- Vendor
- The PHP Group
- Product
- PHP
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1189
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 10, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 10, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=8.2.* <8.2.31
- Affected versionversion=8.3.* <8.3.31
- Affected versionversion=8.4.* <8.4.21
- Affected versionversion=8.5.* <8.5.6
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What is affected?
Attacks
What attackers are doing with it
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- PHP-FPM status-page XSS reproduction stepsproof of concept · demonstrated
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