CVE-2011-2719

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.

Category

6.4
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.94% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory phpmyadmin.net
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://phpmyadmin.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e7bb42c002885c2aca7aba4d431b8c63ae4de9b7
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/518967/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Jul/300 mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/519155/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/45515 third party advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=725384 patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/45365 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48874 vdb entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:124 vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/26/10 mailing list patch
http://osvdb.org/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 patch vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2286 vendor advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8322 third party advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063410.html vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063418.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45315 third party advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/25/4 mailing list patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68769 vdb entry
http://www.xxor.se/advisories/phpMyAdmin_3.x_Conditional_Session_Manipulation.txt

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-2719?
CVE-2011-2719 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-2719?
To fix CVE-2011-2719, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2011-2719 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2011-2719 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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