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CVE-2011-3189
The crypt function in PHP 5.3.7, when the MD5 hash type is used, returns the value of the salt argument instead of the hashed string,…
Medium4.3EPSS 4.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
The crypt function in PHP 5.3.7, when the MD5 hash type is used, returns the value of the salt argument instead of the hashed string, which might allow remote attackers to bypass authentication via an arbitrary password, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-2483.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 6 days later
· 6 days later
Published
- 13 years later
· 13 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.2% · top 9.0% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- 74726 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.3.8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=380261 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 45678 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110823 CVE assignment - PHP salt flaw CVE-2011-3189 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2012-02-01-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=55439 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- php-crypt-security-bypass(69429) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.php.net/archive/2011.php#id2011-08-23-1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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