Check Point Advisories

PhpMyAdmin REQUEST Superglobal Remote Variable Manipulation

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2014-1801
Date Published: 16 Sep 2014
Severity: High
Last Updated: Sunday 14 September, 2014
Source: IPS Research Team
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R77

  • R76
  • R75
  • R71
  • R70

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    Who is Vulnerable?
    PHP Servers
    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

    Security Gateway R77 / R76 / R75 / R71 / R70

    1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the PhpMyAdmin REQUEST Superglobal Remote Variable Manipulation protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
    2. Install policy on all modules.

    SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:

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

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