CVE-2011-0986

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-02-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

phpMyAdmin 2.11.x before 2.11.11.2, and 3.3.x before 3.3.9.1, does not properly handle the absence of the (1) README, (2) ChangeLog, and (3) LICENSE files, which allows remote attackers to obtain the installation path via a direct request for a nonexistent file.

Affected products

phpMyAdmin: 2.11.0, 2.11.1.0, 2.11.1.1, 2.11.1.2, 2.11.2.0, 2.11.2.1 (+61)

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/054349.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/054355.html
http://phpmyadmin.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin%3Ba=commit%3Bh=035d002db1e1201e73e560d7d98591563b506a83
http://secunia.com/advisories/43478
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:026
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2011-1.php
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0385
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65424
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/054349.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/054355.html
http://phpmyadmin.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin%3Ba=commit%3Bh=035d002db1e1201e73e560d7d98591563b506a83
http://secunia.com/advisories/43478

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