CVE-2011-2505

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 12.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2011-07-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

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 products

phpMyAdmin: 3.0.0, 3.0.0-alpha, 3.0.0-beta, 3.0.0-rc1, 3.0.1, 3.0.1-rc1 (+42)

References

http://ha.xxor.se/2011/07/phpmyadmin-3x-multiple-remote-code.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/062719.html
http://phpmyadmin.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7ebd958b2bf59f96fecd5b3322bdbd0b244a7967
http://secunia.com/advisories/45139
http://secunia.com/advisories/45292
http://secunia.com/advisories/45315
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8306
http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-sa-2011-008/
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2286
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17514/
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:124
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/28/2

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