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CRITICAL
CVE-2018-11407
Symfony Ldap Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Description

An issue was discovered in the Ldap component in Symfony 2.8.x before 2.8.37, 3.3.x before 3.3.17, 3.4.x before 3.4.7, and 4.0.x before 4.0.7. It allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by logging in with a "null" password and valid username, which triggers an unauthenticated bind. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-2403.

INFO

Published Date :

June 13, 2018, 4:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 3, 2018, 12:45 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

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ID Vendor Product Action
1 Sensiolabs symfony
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://symfony.com/blog/cve-2018-11407-unauthorized-access-on-a-misconfigured-ldap-server-when-using-an-empty-password Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-11407 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 03, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://symfony.com/blog/cve-2018-11407-unauthorized-access-on-a-misconfigured-ldap-server-when-using-an-empty-password No Types Assigned https://symfony.com/blog/cve-2018-11407-unauthorized-access-on-a-misconfigured-ldap-server-when-using-an-empty-password Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-287
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:sensiolabs:symfony:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.8.0 up to (excluding) 2.8.37 *cpe:2.3:a:sensiolabs:symfony:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.3.0 up to (excluding) 3.3.17 *cpe:2.3:a:sensiolabs:symfony:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.4.0 up to (excluding) 3.4.7 *cpe:2.3:a:sensiolabs:symfony:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.0.0 up to (excluding) 4.0.7
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.62 }} -0.26%

score

0.75764

percentile

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