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Medium Public exploit CVE-2011-2505 EUVD-2022-5408GHSA-vqcm-r62w-w437

phpMyAdmin remote variable manipulation

Published Jul 14, 2011 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by redhat

Package: phpmyadmin Package: phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Packagist

Description

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."

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 phpmyadmin 4:3.4.3.1-1 —
Debian 13 phpmyadmin 4:3.4.3.1-1 —
Debian 12 phpmyadmin 4:3.4.3.1-1 —
Debian 6.0 phpmyadmin 4:3.3.7-6 DSA-2286-1
Debian 5.0 phpmyadmin 4:2.11.8.1-5+lenny9 DSA-2286-1

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 2

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Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Packagist phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin >= 3.0, < 3.3.10.2 3.3.10.2 GHSA-vqcm-r62w-w437
Packagist phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin >= 3.4, < 3.4.3.1 3.4.3.1 GHSA-vqcm-r62w-w437

Advisories 1

References