WordPress portable-phpMyAdmin 1.3.0 Authentication Bypass

`'portable-phpMyAdmin (WordPress Plugin)' Authentication Bypass (CVE-2012-5469)  
Mark Stanislav - [email protected]  
  
  
I. DESCRIPTION  
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portable-phpMyAdmin doesn't verify an existing WordPress session (privileged or not) when accessing the plugin file path directly. Because of how this plugin works, a default installation will provide a full phpMyAdmin console with the privilege level of the MySQL configuration of WordPress.  
  
  
II. TESTED VERSION  
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1.3.0  
  
  
III. PoC EXPLOIT  
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Navigate to http://host/wp-content/plugins/portable-phpmyadmin/wp-pma-mod and you will be presented with the full portable-phpMyAdmin web interface without the requirement of a session or any credential.  
  
  
IV. SOLUTION  
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Upgrade to version 1.3.1  
  
  
V. REFERENCES  
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http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/portable-phpmyadmin/  
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5469  
  
  
VI. TIMELINE  
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10/13/2012 - Initial developer disclosure  
10/14/2012 - Response from developer with commitment to fix the vulnerability  
10/31/2012 - Follow-up with developer after no communication or patched release  
11/16/2012 - Second attempt to follow-up with developer regarding progress/timetable  
11/26/2012 - Contacted WordPress 'plugins team' about lack of progress on patched release  
11/27/2012 - WordPress 'plugins team' patches software and releases version 1.3.1  
12/12/2012 - Public disclosure  
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