CVE-2008-5621 EXPLOIT
6.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 2.2% (pctl 82)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in phpMyAdmin 2.11.x before 2.11.9.4 and 3.x before 3.1.1.0 allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions as the administrator via a link or IMG tag to tbl_structure.php with a modified table parameter. NOTE: other unspecified pages are also reachable, but they have the same root cause. NOTE: this can be leveraged to conduct SQL injection attacks and execute arbitrary code.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 2.15% — more likely to be exploited than 82% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-352 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-12-17 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| phpmyadmin | phpmyadmin |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | phpMyAdmin 3.1.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery / SQL Injection | 2008-12-08 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html
- http://osvdb.org/50894
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33076
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33146
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33246
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33822
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33912
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-32.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4753
- http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-20081222-1/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1723
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/12/1
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2008-10.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32720
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3402
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3501
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47168
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7382
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00784.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html
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