Code Injection in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2011-2506

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

setup/lib/ConfigGenerator.class.php in phpMyAdmin 3.x before 3.3.10.2 and 3.4.x before 3.4.3.1 does not properly restrict the presence of comment closing delimiters, which allows remote attackers to conduct static code injection attacks by leveraging the ability to modify the SESSION superglobal array.

Affected software

How to mitigate CVE-2011-2506

Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes

• Exploit #4293 - phpMyAdmin 3.x - Swekey Remote Code Injection (August 11, 2020)
• Exploit #4295 - phpMyAdmin3 (pma3) - Remote Code Execution (August 11, 2020)

External References

• 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=0fbedaf5fd7a771d0885c6b7385d934fc90d0d7f
• 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/73612
• http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2011-6.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/518804/100/0/threaded
• http://www.xxor.se/advisories/phpMyAdmin_3.x_Multiple_Remote_Code_Executions.txt

Related Security Bulletins

• Multiple vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin