phpmyadmin/composer · Security
phpMyAdmin Improper Input Validation
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-w8qg-j9fp-hrjf
- CVE ID
- CVE-2016-2562
- Severity
- medium
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 6.8 · CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS v3
- 6.8 · CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Description
The checkHTTP function in libraries/Config.class.php in phpMyAdmin 4.5.x before 4.5.5.1 does not verify X.509 certificates from api.github.com SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof these servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.
CWEs
- CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2562 ↗
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/e42b7e3aedd29dd0f7a48575f20bfc5aca0ff976 ↗
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178562.html ↗
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178869.html ↗
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-13 ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w8qg-j9fp-hrjf ↗