SB2018042902 - CSRF attack in phpMyAdmin



SB2018042902 - CSRF attack in phpMyAdmin

Published: April 29, 2018

Security Bulletin ID SB2018042902
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10188)

CWE-ID: CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to absence of validation of the request origin when processing HTTP requests. A remote attacker can perform CSRF attack and execute arbitrary SQL commands in MySQL database with privileges of the current user.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.