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CVE-2011-4075

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Description

The masort function in lib/functions.php in phpLDAPadmin 1.2.x before 1.2.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the orderby parameter (aka sortby variable) in a query_engine action to cmd.php, as exploited in the wild in October 2011.

References

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2011-4027

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50331

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18021/

http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2333

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=3417184&group_id=61828&atid=498546

http://secunia.com/advisories/46672

http://secunia.com/advisories/46551

http://phpldapadmin.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

http://phpldapadmin.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=phpldapadmin/phpldapadmin%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=lib/functions.php%3Bh=eb160dc9f7d74e563131e21d4c85d7849a0c6638%3Bhp=19fde9974d4e5eb3bfac04bb223ccbefdb98f9a0%3Bhb=76e6dad13ef77c5448b8dfed1a61e4acc7241165%3Bhpb=5d4245f93ae6f065e7535f268e3cd87a23b07744

http://osvdb.org/76594

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/25/2

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/24/9

http://dev.metasploit.com/redmine/issues/5820

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2011-11-02

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.51891

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