Check Point Advisories

PhpMyAdmin Remote Variable Manipulation (CVE-2011-2505)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2013-2986
Date Published: 20 Oct 2013
Severity: High
Last Updated: Saturday 04 January, 2025
Source: CVE-2011-2505
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R75
Who is Vulnerable? phpMyAdmin 3.x before 3.3.10.2
phpMyAdmin 3.4.x before 3.4.3.1
Vulnerability Description A remote variable manipulation vulnerability has been reported in PhpMyAdmin.
Vulnerability DetailsThe vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of request parameters. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious request to the server. Successful exploitation could result in modification of superglobal variables.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your product to the latest update. For information on how to update , go to SBP-2006-05, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R75 / R71 / R70

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the PhpMyAdmin Remote Variable Manipulation protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all modules.

SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: Application Servers Protection Violation
Attack Information: PhpMyAdmin Remote Variable Manipulation

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