Information disclosure in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2015-6830

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Information disclosure in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2015-6830

Published: September 14, 2015 / Updated: July 28, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU32371
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-6830
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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.


Affected software

phpMyAdmin
phpmyadmin (Alpine package)
phpMyAdmin
Fedora

How to mitigate CVE-2015-6830

Install update from vendor's website.

phpMyAdmin - update to 4.3.13.2
phpmyadmin (Alpine package) - update to 4.3.13.1-r0
phpMyAdmin - addressed in versions 4.4.14.1-1.el7, 4.4.14.1-1.fc21, 4.4.14.1-1.fc22, 4.4.14.1-1.fc23

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