phpMyAdmin through 5.2.3 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in CustomServer::parseAndValidateAssertionResponse() that never verifies WebAuthn assertion signatures against stored public keys. Attackers holding a victim's MySQL credentials can POST a crafted webauthn_request_response with matching challenge, origin, and rpIdHash to bypass the second factor and gain database privileges.

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Description phpMyAdmin through 5.2.3 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in CustomServer::parseAndValidateAssertionResponse() that never verifies WebAuthn assertion signatures against stored public keys. Attackers holding a victim's MySQL credentials can POST a crafted webauthn_request_response with matching challenge, origin, and rpIdHash to bypass the second factor and gain database privileges.
Title phpMyAdmin through 5.2.3 WebAuthn Two-Factor Authentication Bypass via CustomServer
First Time appeared Phpmyadmin
Phpmyadmin phpmyadmin
Weaknesses CWE-347
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Phpmyadmin
Phpmyadmin phpmyadmin
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-30T11:31:09.654Z

Reserved: 2026-10-30T10:53:30.067Z

Link: CVE-2026-119561

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-30T12:16:43.513

Modified: 2026-10-30T12:16:43.513

Link: CVE-2026-119561

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Updated: 2026-10-30T14:15:07Z

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