Arbitrary File Read Affecting phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin package, versions >=4.0.0, <4.8.5


0.0
critical

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity Proof of concept
    EPSS 18.29% (97th percentile)
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NVD
5.9 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PHP-PHPMYADMINPHPMYADMIN-73617
  • published 26 Jan 2019
  • disclosed 26 Jan 2019
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin to version 4.8.5 or higher.

Overview

phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin is a web interface for MySQL and MariaDB.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read. An attacker could read any file on the server that the web server's user could access.

Note This vulnerability is exploitable only when the AllowArbitraryServer configuration set to true.