Security advisory

{
  "id": "b2ffa36d0ac898eaba82b34c36ae6887c4bff174c9d806ed17cf2af438e836f4",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-10362",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-10362",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-10362",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2018-10362",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2018-10362"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://bitbucket.org/phpliteadmin/public",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "af32e0ef085d6b0651e1e66f8d7385fd8c5a6662"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "afc27e7338748ef032caa0b1fa4028ec14b26fd6"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:phpliteadmin:phpliteadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.9.5"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.9.7.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-10362.json"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/phpliteadmin/pla",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "af32e0ef085d6b0651e1e66f8d7385fd8c5a6662"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "afc27e7338748ef032caa0b1fa4028ec14b26fd6"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:phpliteadmin:phpliteadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.9.5"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.9.7.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-10362.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:47:37.570549785Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/phpLiteAdmin/pla/issues/11"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-10362",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 441411,
  "published_at": "2018-04-25T05:29:00.313+00:00"
}