# CVE-2018-10362: An issue was discovered in phpLiteAdmin 1.9.5 through 1.9.7.1.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-04-25 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

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## References

- http://k3research.outerhaven.de/posts/small-mistakes-lead-to-big-problems.html
- https://github.com/phpLiteAdmin/pla/issues/11

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