phpMyAdmin 4.3.x < 4.3.13.2 / 4.4.x < 4.4.14.1 reCaptcha Bypass (PMASA-2015-4)

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 9105

Synopsis

The remote web server contains a PHP application that is affected by a captcha bypass vulnerability.

Description

Versions of phpMyAdmin 4.3.x prior to 4.3.13.2 or 4.4.x prior to 4.4.14.1 are unpatched for by a security bypass vulnerability related to reCaptcha processing. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to bypass the reCaptcha test, resulting in a bypass of brute-force protection.

Solution

Upgrade to phpMyAdmin 4.3.13.2 / 4.4.14.1 or later. Alternatively, apply the patch referenced in the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 9105

Family: CGI

Published: 2/25/2016

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 85986

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:X

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin

Patch Publication Date: 9/8/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/8/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-6830

Detections

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