CVE-2018-10362

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    CVE-2018-10362

    Published: 25 Apr 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in phpLiteAdmin 1.9.5 through 1.9.7.1. Due to loose comparison with '==' instead of '===' in classes/Authorization.php for the user-provided login password, it is possible to login with a simpler password if the password has the form of a power in scientific notation (like '2e2' for '200' or '0e1234' for '0'). This is possible because, in the loose comparison case, PHP interprets the string as a number in scientific notation, and thus converts it to a number. After that, the comparison with '==' casts the user input (e.g., the string '200' or '0') to a number, too. Hence the attacker can login with just a '0' or a simple number he has to brute force. Strong comparison with '===' prevents the cast into numbers.

    References: http://k3research.outerhaven.de/posts/small-mistakes-lead-to-big-problems.html, https://github.com/phpLiteAdmin/pla/issues/11

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- af32e0ef085d6b0651e1e66f8d7385fd8c5a6662
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High