CVE-2015-6830 phpMyAdmin ReCaptcha bypass

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Attackers can bypass reCaptcha protection in phpMyAdmin to facilitate brute-force credential guessing attacks.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2015-6830?

CVE-2015-6830 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin, published on 14 Sep 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

libraries/plugins/auth/AuthenticationCookie.class.php in phpMyAdmin 4.3.x before 4.3.13.2 and 4.4.x before 4.4.14.1 allows remote attackers to bypass a multiple-reCaptcha protection mechanism against brute-force credential guessing by providing a correct response to a single reCaptcha.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6830?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin PackagistFrom 4.3.04.3.13.2
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin PackagistFrom 4.3.04.3.13.2
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin PackagistFrom 4.4.04.4.14.1
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin PackagistFrom 4.4.04.4.14.1

Products include Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin.

How do I fix CVE-2015-6830?

Upgrade phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin to a fixed version for your release line: 4.3.13.2 or 4.4.14.1.

Is CVE-2015-6830 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6830 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

All Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-6830, GHSA-v6fh-vg22-r6cm, MGASA-2015-0366.

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