CVE-2016-2562

MEDIUM

phpMyAdmin 4.5.x < 4.5.5.1 - Man-in-the-Middle Attack via Unverified X.509 Certificates

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The checkHTTP function in libraries/Config.class.php in phpMyAdmin 4.5.x before 4.5.5.1 does not verify X.509 certificates from api.github.com SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof these servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178562.html
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-13/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178869.html

Scores

CVSS v3 6.8
EPSS 0.0023
EPSS Percentile 45.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (11)
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin 4.5.0 (4 CPE variants)
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin 4.5.0.1
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin 4.5.0.2
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin 4.5.1
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin 4.5.2
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin 4.5.3
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin 4.5.3.1
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin 4.5.4
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin 4.5.4.1
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin 4.5.5
... and 1 more
Published Mar 01, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026