Portable phpMyAdmin <= 1.3.0 - Authentication Bypass

2014-08-01 00:00

Mark Stanislav

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.3.1

Affected PluginPortable phpMyAdmin

Affected Version<= 1.3.0

CVSS7.3High

CVECVE-2012-5469

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Vulnerability Overview

The Portable phpMyAdmin plugin before 1.3.0 for WordPress allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain phpMyAdmin console access via a direct request to wp-content/plugins/portable-phpmyadmin/wp-pma-mod.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.3.1, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication) When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5469 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e796b203-31b4-47c6-9018-190389ce4df7

CVSS Vector

7.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityLow

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