vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2018-10362): phpliteadmin vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Apr 25, 2018 | Nov 19, 2024 | Apr 16, 2026 |
Description
An issue was discovered in phpLiteAdmin 1.9.5 through 1.9.7.1. Due to loose comparison with '==' instead of '===' in classes/Authorization.php for the user-provided login password, it is possible to login with a simpler password if the password has the form of a power in scientific notation (like '2e2' for '200' or '0e1234' for '0'). This is possible because, in the loose comparison case, PHP interprets the string as a number in scientific notation, and thus converts it to a number. After that, the comparison with '==' casts the user input (e.g., the string '200' or '0') to a number, too. Hence the attacker can login with just a '0' or a simple number he has to brute force. Strong comparison with '===' prevents the cast into numbers.
Solution
References
- CVE-2018-10362
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-10362
- CWE-287
- EUVD-EUVD-2018-2436
- http://k3research.outerhaven.de/posts/small-mistakes-lead-to-big-problems.html
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2018-2436
- https://github.com/phpLiteAdmin/pla/issues/11
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10362
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