MEDIUM
libraries/auth/swekey/swekey.auth.lib.php in the Swekey authentication feature in phpMyAdmin 3.x before 3.3.10.2 and 3.4.x before 3.4.3.1 assigns values to arbitrary parameters referenced in the query string, which allows remote attackers to modify the SESSION superglobal array via a crafted request, related to a "remote variable manipulation vulnerability."
Published Jul 14, 2011
6.4
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 12.88%
Description
libraries/auth/swekey/swekey.auth.lib.php in the Swekey authentication feature in phpMyAdmin 3.x before 3.3.10.2 and 3.4.x before 3.4.3.1 assigns values to arbitrary parameters referenced in the query string, which allows remote attackers to modify the SESSION superglobal array via a crafted request, related to a "remote variable manipulation vulnerability."
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
OR
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.1.1
- 3.1.0
- 3.1.0
- 3.1.1
- 3.1.1
- 3.1.2
- 3.1.2
- 3.1.3
- 3.1.3
- 3.1.3.1
- 3.1.3.2
- 3.1.4
- 3.1.4
- 3.1.5
- 3.1.5
- 3.2.0
- 3.2.0
- 3.2.0
- 3.2.1
- 3.2.1
- 3.2.2
- 3.2.2
- 3.3.0.0
- 3.3.1.0
- 3.3.2.0
- 3.3.3.0
- 3.3.4.0
- 3.3.5.0
- 3.3.5.1
- 3.3.6
- 3.3.7
- 3.3.8
- 3.3.8.1
- 3.3.9.0
- 3.3.9.1
- 3.3.9.2
- 3.3.10.0
- 3.3.10.1
Configuration 2
OR
- 3.4.0.0
- 3.4.1.0
- 3.4.2.0
- 3.4.3.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.4 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
12.88% 0.12879
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.12879
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (18 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 12.88% (0.12879) | 96.19th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 12.88% (0.12879) | 95.78th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 23, 2026 | 37.01% (0.37008) | 97.11th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 13, 2026 | 44.71% (0.44711) | 97.46th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 14, 2025 | 47.91% (0.47906) | 97.59th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 4, 2025 | 24.58% (0.24580) | 95.82th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 3, 2025 | 35.92% (0.35922) | 96.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 44.73% (0.44733) | 97.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 43.48% (0.43483) | 96.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 44.73% (0.44733) | 97.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 11.57% (0.11568) | 95.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 12, 2024 | 14.01% (0.14014) | 95.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 18.57% (0.18568) | 95.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 9, 2023 | 35.07% (0.35074) | 96.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 41.89% (0.41895) | 96.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 88.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 86.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 70.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (27)
- http://ha.xxor.se/2011/07/phpmyadmin-3x-multiple-remote-code.html x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/062719.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://phpmyadmin.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7ebd958b2bf59f96fecd5b3322bdbd0b244a7967 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45139 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45292 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45315 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8306 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-sa-2011-008/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2286 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17514/ exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:124 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/28/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/28/6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/28/8 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/29/11 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.osvdb.org/73611 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2011-5.php x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/518804/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.xxor.se/advisories/phpMyAdmin_3.x_Multiple_Remote_Code_Executions.txt x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vqcm-r62w-w437 Advisory
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/composer/commit/7ebd958b2bf59f96fecd5b3322bdbd0b244a7967
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/6e6e129f26295c83d67b74e202628a4b8bc49e54
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/7ebd958b2bf59f96fecd5b3322bdbd0b244a7967
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2505
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110712103138/http://www.xxor.se/advisories/phpMyAdmin_3.x_Multiple_Remote_Code_Executions.txt
- https://web.archive.org/web/20111116172111/http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/518804/100/0/threaded
- https://web.archive.org/web/20121105034518/http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:124
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Jul 14, 2011
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Jun 15, 2011
Link CVE-2011-2505
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-VQCM-R62W-W437 Updated n/a