Code Injection in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2011-2505
Published: July 15, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44889
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-2505
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: phpMyAdmin
Affected software:
phpMyAdmin
phpMyAdmin
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate or delete data.
libraries/auth/swekey/swekey.auth.lib.php in the Swekey authentication feature in phpMyAdmin 3.x before 3.3.10.2 and 3.4.x before 3.4.3.1 assigns values to arbitrary parameters referenced in the query string, which allows remote attackers to modify the SESSION superglobal array via a crafted request, related to a "remote variable manipulation vulnerability."
How to mitigate CVE-2011-2505
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://ha.xxor.se/2011/07/phpmyadmin-3x-multiple-remote-code.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/062719.html
- http://phpmyadmin.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin;a=commit;h=7ebd958b2bf59f96fecd5b3322bdbd0b244a7967
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45139
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45292
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45315
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8306
- http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-sa-2011-008/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2286
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17514/
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:124
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/28/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/28/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/28/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/29/11
- http://www.osvdb.org/73611
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2011-5.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/518804/100/0/threaded
- http://www.xxor.se/advisories/phpMyAdmin_3.x_Multiple_Remote_Code_Executions.txt