An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. A user can execute a remote code execution attack against a server when phpMyAdmin is being run as a CGI application. Under certain server configurations, a user can pass a query string which is executed as a command-line argument by the file generator_plugin.sh. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.4), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.8), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.17) are affected.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade phpmyadmin | Aug 30, 2017 | Dec 11, 2016 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade phpmyadmin | Mar 31, 2017 | Sep 17, 2016 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade phpMyAdmin | Dec 10, 2025 | Aug 17, 2016 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-db/phpmyadmin. | Oct 30, 2017 | Dec 10, 2016 |
| Phpmyadmin | — | Upgrade phpMyAdmin to the latest version | May 4, 2017 | Dec 11, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade phpmyadmin | Nov 3, 2016 | Aug 29, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade phpmyadmin | Nov 19, 2024 | Dec 11, 2016 |
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