Cross-site request forgery in phpmyadmin (Alpine package)



Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2018-10188
CWE-ID CWE-352
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit Public exploit code for vulnerability #1 is available.
Vulnerable software
 phpmyadmin (Alpine package)
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Alpine Linux Development Team

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Cross-site request forgery

EUVDB-ID: #VU12284

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 2 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10188

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

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

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.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

phpmyadmin (Alpine package): 4.8.0-r0

CPE2.3 External links

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=7b247d9a30036bc793da142933227d7148840609
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=0e6a7a8f8c8d0d3eb1d715818e76bf4d0664e638


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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