SQL injection in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2019-18622
Published: November 23, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU22939
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 2.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-18622
CWE-ID: CWE-89
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed via the database name in the designer feature. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary SQL queries in database via a specially crafted database name.
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.
Affected software
phpMyAdmin
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
phpmyadmin (Alpine package)
phpMyAdmin
SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
phpmyadmin (Alpine package)
phpMyAdmin
SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise
How to mitigate CVE-2019-18622
Install update from vendor's website.
phpMyAdmin - update to 4.9.2
phpMyAdmin - addressed in versions 4.9.2-1.fc29, 4.9.2-1.fc30, 4.9.2-1.fc31
phpMyAdmin - addressed in versions 4.9.2-1.fc29, 4.9.2-1.fc30, 4.9.2-1.fc31