Multiple vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin

Published: 2019-01-22 | Updated: 2019-01-28

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2019-6798 CVE-2019-6799
CWE-ID	CWE-89 CWE-200
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	phpMyAdmin Web applications / Remote management & hosting panels
Vendor	phpMyAdmin

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

2019-01-28 - Added #2.

1) SQL injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU17232

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6798

CWE-ID: CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data when processing a specially crafted username within the designer feature. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and execute arbitrary SQL commands within the application database.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to read, delete, modify data in database and gain complete control over the affected application.

Mitigation

Update to version 4.8.5.

Vulnerable software versions

phpMyAdmin: 4.5.0 - 4.8.4

External links

http://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2019-2/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

2) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU17236

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6799

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure