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CVE-2011-2505

39
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-2505 describes a remote variable manipulation vulnerability in the Swekey authentication feature of phpMyAdmin versions 3.x before 3.3.10.2 and 3.4.x before 3.4.3.1. This flaw allows remote attackers to modify the SESSION superglobal array by assigning values to arbitrary parameters via a crafted query string. With a CVSS score of 6.4, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial integrity and availability impacts. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, including proofs-of-concept for remote code injection and execution, indicating active community interest and a high FAUCET Risk Score of 97/100.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:3.0.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:3.0.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:3.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.4MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
12.88%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-17514 · Jul 9, 2011
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1288 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: phpmyadmin/phpmyadminFixed in: 3.3.10.2
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: phpmyadmin/phpmyadminFixed in: 3.4.3.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-vqcm-r62w-w437medium

phpMyAdmin remote variable manipulation

May 14, 2022

References

ha.xxor.se / 2011/07/phpmyadmin-3x-multiple-remote-code.html
Exploit
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/062719.html
phpmyadmin.git.sourceforge.net / git/gitweb.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/45139
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/45292
secunia.com / advisories/45315
securityreason.com / securityalert/8306
typo3.org / teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-sa-2011-008
debian.org / security/2011/dsa-2286
exploit-db.com / exploits/17514
Exploit
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/06/28/2
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/06/28/6
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/06/28/8
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/06/29/11
osvdb.org / 73611
phpmyadmin.net / home_page/security/PMASA-2011-5.php
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/518804/100/0/threaded
xxor.se / advisories/phpMyAdmin_3.x_Multiple_Remote_Code_Executions.txt