Cross-site request forgery in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2017-1000499

 

Cross-site request forgery in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2017-1000499

Published: January 2, 2018 / Updated: June 17, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU9819
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1000499
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available
Vendor: phpMyAdmin
Affected software:
phpMyAdmin

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform CSRF attack.

The vulnerability exists due to absent validation of the request origin when performing certain database operations, such as deleting records or altering/truncating data in tables. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it and perform CSRF attack.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-1000499

Update to version 4.7.7.

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