vulnerability / NVI-00004310 / Revision 2
AdminNeo has Cookie Attribute Injection via Unsanitized X-Forwarded-Prefix in Set-Cookie Headers
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01 / Meaning
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8.2 high
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02 / Applicability
The affected context
Affected versions, configuration prerequisites and known exclusions are public. Confirm each one against the deployed service.
adminneo-org/adminneo
source listed>= 4.6.0, < 5.5.1
### Summary AdminNeo versions 4.6.0 through at least 5.5.0 are vulnerable to cookie attribute injection via the `X-Forwarded-Prefix` HTTP header. An attacker who can influence this header (e.g., through a reverse proxy that forwards it from clients, an attacker-controlled upstream proxy, or a man-in-the-middle position) can inject arbitrary cookie attributes including `Domain`, `Path`, `Secure`, and `SameSite` into all `Set-Cookie` response headers emitted by AdminNeo. This allows an attacker to expand the cookie scope to an attacker-controlled domain (e.g., `Domain=.evil.com`), causing the victim's browser to send AdminNeo's `neo_sid` (session ID) and `neo_key` (database password encryption key) cookies to the attacker's server on subsequent requests. Originally reported by @retkoussa in Adminer: https://github.com/vrana/adminer/security/advisories/GHSA-c533-9qwm-8w5h ### Vulnerable Code **Root cause 1 - Unsanitized header prepended to `REQUEST_URI`** (`admin/include/bootstrap.inc.php`, lines 50–52): ```php if ($_SERVER["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PREFIX"]) { $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"] = $_SERVER["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PREFIX"] . $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]; } ``` The client-supplied `X-Forward
adminneo-org/adminneo
source listedECOSYSTEM: introduced 4.6.0; fixed 5.5.1
### Summary AdminNeo versions 4.6.0 through at least 5.5.0 are vulnerable to cookie attribute injection via the `X-Forwarded-Prefix` HTTP header. An attacker who can influence this header (e.g., through a reverse proxy that forwards it from clients, an attacker-controlled upstream proxy, or a man-in-the-middle position) can inject arbitrary cookie attributes including `Domain`, `Path`, `Secure`, and `SameSite` into all `Set-Cookie` response headers emitted by AdminNeo. This allows an attacker to expand the cookie scope to an attacker-controlled domain (e.g., `Domain=.evil.com`), causing the victim's browser to send AdminNeo's `neo_sid` (session ID) and `neo_key` (database password encryption key) cookies to the attacker's server on subsequent requests. Originally reported by @retkoussa in Adminer: https://github.com/vrana/adminer/security/advisories/GHSA-c533-9qwm-8w5h ### Vulnerable Code **Root cause 1 - Unsanitized header prepended to `REQUEST_URI`** (`admin/include/bootstrap.inc.php`, lines 50–52): ```php if ($_SERVER["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PREFIX"]) { $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"] = $_SERVER["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PREFIX"] . $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]; } ``` The client-supplied `X-Forward
03 / Response
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- vendor patch
The original advisory lists fixed boundaries 5.5.1 for adminneo-org/adminneo. Confirm the publisher’s latest guidance.
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04 / Limits
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05 / Provenance
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- GHSA-79wv-8rh2-9vp2 ↗
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- GHSA-79wv-8rh2-9vp2 ↗
GitHub Advisory Database via OSV · vendor advisory
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