Cross-site request forgery in phpmyadmin (Alpine package)



Published: 2019-09-22
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2019-12922
CWE-ID CWE-352
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit Public exploit code for vulnerability #1 is available.
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phpmyadmin (Alpine package)
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Alpine Linux Development Team

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Cross-site request forgery

EUVDB-ID: #VU21174

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 3.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12922

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 attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website, such as delete arbitrary server on in the Setup page.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

phpmyadmin (Alpine package): 4.4.7-r0 - 4.9.0.1-r0

External links

http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=0a32577bf023f172fed5e75fdb179f09fd90ca1b
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=46a514e1ea28a8779ba7bd91234c11300cc71744
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=23b07c4f24605ac7572fd0f0abd88e6d472abf20
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=e877e766a27197ccb413f5b11de09775ddfbb14c


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. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.



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