Information disclosure in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2019-6799
Published: January 28, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU17236
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6799
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: phpMyAdmin
Affected software:
phpMyAdmin
phpMyAdmin
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to mysql.allow_local_infile is enabled by default when using the 'mysql' extension. A remote attacker can use a rogue MySQL server when AllowArbitraryServer configuration set to true to read any file on the server that the web server's user can access.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-6799
Update to version 4.8.5.