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Strong comparison with '===' prevents the cast into numbers.","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.01495,"percentile":0.74364,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-287"],"published":"2018-04-25T05:00:00Z","modified":"2026-10-24T10:47:37Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Debian:12","package":"phpliteadmin","fixed_in":["1.9.7.1-2"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Debian:13","package":"phpliteadmin","fixed_in":["1.9.7.1-2"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Debian:14","package":"phpliteadmin","fixed_in":["1.9.7.1-2"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","package":"phpliteadmin","fixed_in":["1.9.7.1-1ubuntu0.1"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:12","package":"phpliteadmin","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.9.7.1-2"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:13","package":"phpliteadmin","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.9.7.1-2"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:14","package":"phpliteadmin","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.9.7.1-2"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","package":"phpliteadmin","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.9.7.1-1ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["1.9.7.1-1"]}],"products":[{"vendor":"phpliteadmin","product":"phpliteadmin"}],"references":[{"url":"http://k3research.outerhaven.de/posts/small-mistakes-lead-to-big-problems.html","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Technical Description","Third Party Advisory","URL Repurposed","advisory","report"]},{"url":"https://github.com/phpLiteAdmin/pla/issues/11","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory","report"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10362"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pm5v-j6jx-wmr3"},{"url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-10362","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-10362","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10362","tags":["report"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2018-10362","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.","status":"published","published":"2018-04-25T05:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-05T07:39:07.431Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:01.619448Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2018-2436","description":"An issue was discovered in phpLiteAdmin 1.9.5 through 1.9.7.1. 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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.","status":"published","published":"2018-04-25T05:29:00.313Z","modified":"2026-10-24T10:47:37.570549785Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:07.641418Z"},{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10362","description":"An issue was discovered in phpLiteAdmin 1.9.5 through 1.9.7.1. 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