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CVE-2011-3189 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html	CVE
http://osvdb.org/74726	CVE
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=380261	CVE
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=55439	CVE	Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/45678	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69429	CVE
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/23/4	CVE
http://www.php.net/archive/2011.php#id2011-08-23-1	CVE
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.3.8	CVE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html	[email protected]
http://osvdb.org/74726	[email protected]
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=380261	[email protected]
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=55439	[email protected]	Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/45678	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69429	[email protected]
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/23/4	[email protected]
http://www.php.net/archive/2011.php#id2011-08-23-1	[email protected]
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.3.8	[email protected]

see all 20 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-310	Cryptographic Issues	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
php php	5.3.7
CPE cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.3.7:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 25, 2011	Initial Analysis	[email protected]