---
title: "WEB-EXP-003 PHP Information Page Exposed"
canonical: https://openvapt.com/checks/WEB-EXP-003.html
html: https://openvapt.com/checks/WEB-EXP-003.html
site: OpenVAPT, https://openvapt.com/
license: OpenVAPT Source-Available Licence 1.3, https://openvapt.com/legal/licence-text.html
modified: 2026-10-14
version: 0.1.0-alpha.6
---

# WEB-EXP-003 PHP Information Page Exposed

Checks for phpinfo() pages left on the site.

- Domain: Web Apps
- Severity: Medium
- Control category: Information Exposure
- Fix effort: low
- CVSS v3.1 vector: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`
- CIS Controls v8: 16.7
- NIST CSF 2.0: PR.PS-01
- CWE: CWE-497
- OWASP Top 10 2021: A05:2021
- OWASP ASVS 4.0.3: 14.3.2
- NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5: CM-7, SI-11

## Why It Matters

phpinfo() reveals PHP and module versions, file paths, environment variables and sometimes credentials, giving attackers a detailed map of the server.

## How It Detects

Requests /phpinfo.php, /info.php, /php_info.php and /test.php; a 200 response containing the 'PHP Version' heading of phpinfo() confirms it.

## How to Fix

Delete the file. Never leave diagnostic pages on a production server.

## How to Verify

```
curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' https://<site>/phpinfo.php  should print 404.
```

## Learn the Theory

- [P6 Information Exposure and Misconfiguration](https://openvapt.com/academy/p6.md)

## References

- [PHP manual, phpinfo()](https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.phpinfo.php)

## Source Code

https://github.com/OpenVAPT/openvapt/blob/574f7f3333c44b75a3c649e2d93a76d507f75adf/internal/checks/web/exposure.go

Run it: `openvapt scan --only WEB-EXP-003`. Read it offline: `openvapt explain WEB-EXP-003`.

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