Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-6491

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 13 July 2025

Published
13 July 2025
Modified
04 November 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0077 74.0th percentile
Risk Priority 12 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-6491 is a medium-severity NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476) vulnerability in Php Php. Its CVSS base score is 5.9 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 26.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

In PHP versions:8.1.* before 8.1.33, 8.2.* before 8.2.29, 8.3.* before 8.3.23, 8.4.* before 8.4.10 when parsing XML data in SOAP extensions, overly large (>2Gb) XML namespace prefix may lead to null pointer dereference. This may lead to crashes and affect…

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the availability of the target server.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

php
php
8.1.0 — 8.1.33 · 8.2.0 — 8.2.29 · 8.3.0 — 8.3.23

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References