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phpMyAdmin: Improper Authentication (CVE-2018-12613)

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phpMyAdmin: Improper Authentication (CVE-2018-12613)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/21/2018
Created
10/23/2019
Added
10/16/2019
Modified
11/26/2021

Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin 4.8.x before 4.8.2, in which an attacker can include (view and potentially execute) files on the server. The vulnerability comes from a portion of code where pages are redirected and loaded within phpMyAdmin, and an improper test for whitelisted pages. An attacker must be authenticated, except in the "$cfg['AllowArbitraryServer'] = true" case (where an attacker can specify any host he/she is already in control of, and execute arbitrary code on phpMyAdmin) and the "$cfg['ServerDefault'] = 0" case (which bypasses the login requirement and runs the vulnerable code without any authentication).

Solution(s)

  • phpmyadmin-upgrade-4_8_2

References

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