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Improper Authentication

CVE-2024-4215

High
7.4/10

Summary

The pgAdmin versions prior to 8.6 are affected by a multi-factor authentication bypass vulnerability. This vulnerability allows an attacker with knowledge of a legitimate account's username and password to authenticate to the application and perform sensitive actions, such as managing files and executing SQL queries, regardless of the account's MFA enrollment status.

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  • NETWORK
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  • CHANGED
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CWE-287 - Improper Authentication

Improper (or broken) authentication attacks are widespread, and have accounted for many of the worst data breaches in recent years. Improper authentication attacks are a class of vulnerabilities where an attacker impersonates a legitimate user by exploiting weaknesses in either session management or credential management to gain access to the user’s account. This can result in disclosure of sensitive information, and can lead to system compromise, theft, identity theft, and fraud.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published