#VU17232 SQL injection in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2019-6798

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#VU17232 SQL injection in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2019-6798

Published: January 28, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU17232
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6798
CWE-ID: CWE-89
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
phpMyAdmin
Software vendor:
phpMyAdmin

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.


Remediation

Update to version 4.8.5.

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