CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-10362

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.

5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

9.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/phpLiteAdmin/pla/issues/11 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://k3research.outerhaven.de/posts/small-mistakes-lead-to-big-problems.html Technical Description Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:phpliteadmin:phpliteadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-04-25 05:29

Updated : 2018-06-13 11:34

NVD link : CVE-2018-10362

Mitre link : CVE-2018-10362

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-287