CVE-2011-2505

Phpmyadmin vulnerability

CVSS

6.4

EPSS

12.9%

EPSS pct

96th

Exploited

No known

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."

Affected vendor

Phpmyadmin

Affected product

Phpmyadmin

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

Published

2011-07-14

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 12.9% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

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