#VU16499 Cross-site request forgery in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2018-19969

Vulnerability identifier: #VU16499

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-19969

CWE-ID: CWE-352

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
phpMyAdmin
Web applications / Remote management & hosting panels

Vendor: phpMyAdmin

Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform CSRF attack.

The weakness exists due to insufficient CSRF protections. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted HTML page or URL, trick the victim into visiting it, gain access to the system and perform arbitrary actions.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to perform harmful SQL operations such as renaming databases, creating new tables/routines, deleting designer pages, adding/deleting users, updating user passwords, killing SQL processes, etc.

Mitigation
Update to version 4.8.4.

Vulnerable software versions

phpMyAdmin: 4.7.0 rc1 - 4.7.6, 4.8.0 - 4.8.3

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External links
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2018-7/

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.