🛡️ CVE-2018-12613 — phpmyadmin

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-287 OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

phpMyAdmin Improper Authentication

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).

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2018-12613 is classified as CWE-287: Improper Authentication. The identity of the caller is not established correctly, so an attacker can act as another user.

Affected software

CVE-2018-12613 is recorded against 1 package.

  • phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (from 4.8 up to 4.8.2)

Timeline and source

Published on 13 May 2022 and last revised on 24 April 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Package)
security.gentoo.org (Web)
www.exploit-db.com (Web)
www.exploit-db.com (Web)
www.exploit-db.com (Web)
www.phpmyadmin.net (Web)
packetstormsecurity.com (Web)
www.securityfocus.com (Web)

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-287
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-13
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2024-04-24
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin 4.8 4.8.2

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