Information disclosure in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2015-6830
Published: September 14, 2015 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32371
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-6830
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: phpMyAdmin
Affected software:
phpMyAdmin
phpMyAdmin
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
libraries/plugins/auth/AuthenticationCookie.class.php in phpMyAdmin 4.3.x before 4.3.13.2 and 4.4.x before 4.4.14.1 allows remote attackers to bypass a multiple-reCaptcha protection mechanism against brute-force credential guessing by providing a correct response to a single reCaptcha.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-6830
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/166294.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/166307.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/166531.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3382
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76674
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033546
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/785f4e2711848eb8945894199d5870253a88584e
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2015-4/