CVE-2017-18264

Published May 1, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 2.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in libraries/common.inc.php in phpMyAdmin 4.0 before 4.0.10.20, 4.4.x, 4.6.x, and 4.7.0 prereleases. The restrictions caused by $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = false are bypassed under certain PHP versions (e.g., version 5). This can allow the login of users who have no password set even if the administrator has set $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] to false (which is also the default). This occurs because some implementations of the PHP substr function return false when given '' as the first argument.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1415-1 phpmyadmin security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-2531 An issue was discovered in libraries/common.inc.php in phpMyAdmin 4.0 before 4.0.10.20, 4.4.x, 4.6.x, and 4.7.0 prereleases. The restrictions caused by $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = false are bypassed under certain PHP versions (e.g., version 5). This can allow the login of users who have no password set even if the administrator has set $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] to false (which is also the default). This occurs because some implementations of the PHP substr function return false when given '' as the first argument.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-5868-g58j-vrj5 phpMyAdmin Improper Privilege Management
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4843-1 phpMyAdmin vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 9:13 PM
Reserved
May 1, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 1, 2018, 5:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:12 AM