CVE-2018-10362
Hence the attacker can login with just a '0' or a simple number he has to brute force.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.52%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.52% probability · 73th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- phpliteadmin/phpliteadmin
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://k3research.outerhaven.de/posts/small-mistakes-lead-to-big-problems.htmlTechnical Description, Third Party Advisory, URL Repurposed
- https://github.com/phpLiteAdmin/pla/issues/11Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://k3research.outerhaven.de/posts/small-mistakes-lead-to-big-problems.htmlTechnical Description, Third Party Advisory, URL Repurposed
- https://github.com/phpLiteAdmin/pla/issues/11Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.