CVE-2018-10362

phpliteadmin: An issue was discovered in phpLiteAdmin 1.9.5 through 1.9.7.1

CVE-2018-10362 is fixed in 2 products on 1 platform, first by phpliteadmin 1.9.7.1-1ubuntu0.1, released April 24, 2018. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
n/a
High
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0150
74th percentile

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.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
phpliteadmin · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1.9.7.1-1ubuntu0.1 phpliteadmin 1.9.7.1-1ubuntu0.1 Apr 24, 2018
phpliteadmin-themes · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1.9.7.1-1ubuntu0.1 phpliteadmin-themes 1.9.7.1-1ubuntu0.1 Apr 24, 2018

Patch Radar data is free to use with attribution. Terms and how to credit it.

Product names, logos and trademarks shown on Patch Radar belong to their respective owners. They are used only to identify the software each security fix applies to and to help readers find their platform. Their use does not imply any affiliation with, or endorsement by, those owners, and Patchblox is not affiliated with any of them.