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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2011-3189

The crypt function in PHP 5.3.7, when the MD5 hash type is used, returns the value of the salt argument instead of the hashed string, which might allow remote attackers to bypass authentication via an arbitrary password, a different vulnerability than…

MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 4.21%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.21%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The crypt function in PHP 5.3.7, when the MD5 hash type is used, returns the value of the salt argument instead of the hashed string, which might allow remote attackers to bypass authentication via an arbitrary password, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-2483.

CVSS 2.0
4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS
4.21% probability · 90th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-310
Affected
php/php
Source
secalert@redhat.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.