PT-2018-9847 · Phpliteadmin · Phpliteadmin

Raymontag · Published 2018-04-25 · Updated 2024-02-14 · CVE-2018-10362

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: phpLiteAdmin versions 1.9.5 through 1.9.7.1

Description: An issue was discovered due to loose comparison with '==' instead of '===' in the Authorization.php class for user-provided login passwords. This allows an attacker to login with a simpler password if the password is in the form of a power in scientific notation. PHP interprets the string as a number in scientific notation and converts it, and the comparison with '==' casts the user input to a number. This enables the attacker to login with a simple number.

Recommendations: For phpLiteAdmin versions 1.9.5 through 1.9.7.1, consider updating the comparison operator to '===' in the Authorization.php class to prevent loose comparison and potential login with simpler passwords. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to the login functionality to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Improper Authentication

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-287

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-10362

Affected Products

Phpliteadmin

References · 9

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10362 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-10362 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10362 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10362 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-10362 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10362 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-10362 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/phpLiteAdmin/pla/issues/11 · Note
• http://k3research.outerhaven.de/posts/small-mistakes-lead-to-big-problems.html · Note