CVE-2011-2505
mediumpriority · track · 41EPSS 0.129 · 96 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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."
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exploits (2)
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- EDB-17510phpMyAdmin3 (pma3) - Remote Code Executionfunctional · exploit_db
- EDB-17514phpMyAdmin 3.x - Swekey Remote Code Injectionfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (37)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-vqcm-r62w-w437phpMyAdmin remote variable manipulation2022-05-14ghsa · osvUS
`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."
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references (52)
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- http://ha.xxor.se/2011/07/phpmyadmin-3x-multiple-remote-code.htmlcnnvd
- http://phpmyadmin.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin;a=commit;h=7ebd958b2bf59f96fecd5b3322bdbd0b244a7967cnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45128cnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45139cnnvd
- http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-sa-2011-008/cnnvd
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17514/cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/28/2cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/28/6cnnvd
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