Improper Authentication in Symfony - CVE-2016-2403
Published: February 7, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU39726
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2403
CWE-ID: CWE-287
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: SensioLabs
Affected software:
Symfony
Symfony
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Symfony before 2.8.6 and 3.x before 3.0.6 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by logging in with an empty password and valid username, which triggers an unauthenticated bind.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-2403
Install update from vendor's website.