Check Point Advisories

PhpMyAdmin SESSION Superglobal Remote Variable Manipulation (CVE-2011-2505)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2013-2986
Date Published:	16 Aug 2015
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Sunday 16 August, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2011-2505
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
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 R80 / R77 / R75

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

This protection's log will contain the following information:

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