CVE-2021-4259phpRedisAdmin login.inc.php authHttpDigest wrong operator in string comparison
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 0.84%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 42% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
A vulnerability was found in phpRedisAdmin up to 1.16.1. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function authHttpDigest of the file includes/login.inc.php. The manipulation of the argument response leads to use of wrong operator in string comparison. Upgrading to version 1.16.2 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 31aa7661e6db6f4dffbf9a635817832a0a11c7d9. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216267.
Timeline
Published
- 20 months later
· 20 months 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium5.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.84% · top 42% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
phpRedisAdmin
- affected 1.16.0
- affected 1.16.1
References
References3
- https://vuldb.com/?id.216267 (opens in a new tab)technical-descriptionvdb-entryx_transferred
- https://github.com/erikdubbelboer/phpRedisAdmin/commit/31aa7661e6db6f4dffbf9a635817832a0a11c7d9 (opens in a new tab)mitigationpatchx_transferred
- https://github.com/erikdubbelboer/phpRedisAdmin/releases/tag/v1.16.2 (opens in a new tab)mitigationx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2021-34105 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2021-4259)Record last updated .