Description
libraries/auth/swekey/swekey.auth.lib.php in phpMyAdmin 3.x before 3.3.10.3 and 3.4.x before 3.4.3.2 does not properly manage sessions associated with Swekey authentication, which allows remote attackers to modify the SESSION superglobal array, other superglobal arrays, and certain swekey.auth.lib.php local variables via a crafted query string, a related issue to CVE-2011-2505.
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 ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | phpmyadmin | 4:3.4.3.2-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | phpmyadmin | 4:3.4.3.2-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | phpmyadmin | 4:3.4.3.2-1 | — |
| 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 |
Advisories 1
- DSA-2286-1 phpymadmin - several Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- http://phpmyadmin.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e7bb42c002885c2aca7aba4d431b8c63ae4de9b7
- 20110724 phpMyAdmin 3.x Conditional Session Manipulation mailing-list
- 20110724 phpMyAdmin 3.x Conditional Session Manipulation mailing-list
- 20110804 Re: [Full-disclosure] phpMyAdmin 3.x Conditional Session Manipulation mailing-list
- 45515 third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=725384
- 45365 third-party-advisory
- 48874 vdb-entry
- MDVSA-2011:124 vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20110726 Re: CVE-Request -- phpMyAdmin -- PMASA-2011-11 and PMASA-2011-12 mailing-list
- 74112 vdb-entry
- http://phpmyadmin.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin%3Ba=commit%3Bh=571cdc6ff4bf375871b594f4e06f8ad3159d1754
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2011-12.php
- DSA-2286 vendor-advisory
- 8322 third-party-advisory
- FEDORA-2011-9725 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2011-9734 vendor-advisory
- 45315 third-party-advisory
- [oss-security] 20110725 CVE-Request -- phpMyAdmin -- PMASA-2011-11 and PMASA-2011-12 mailing-list
- phpmyadmin-swekey-file-overwrite(68769) vdb-entry
- http://www.xxor.se/advisories/phpMyAdmin_3.x_Conditional_Session_Manipulation.txt