Check Point Advisories

PhpMyAdmin REQUEST Superglobal Remote Variable Manipulation

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2014-1801
Date Published: 14 Sep 2014
Severity: High
Last Updated: Wednesday 12 July, 2023
Source:
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? PHP Servers
Vulnerability Description A remote variable manipulation vulnerability has been reported in PhpMyAdmin. The 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 Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

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

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  PhpMyAdmin REQUEST Superglobal Remote Variable Manipulation

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