Open redirection

PMASA-2016-57 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-57 Date: 2016-11-25 Summary Open redirection Description A vulnerability was discovered where a user can be tricked in to following a link leading to phpMyAdmin, which after authentication redirects to another malicious site. The attacker must sniff the...

Username rule matching issues

PMASA-2016-61 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-61 Date: 2016-11-25 Updated: 2016-12-06 Summary Username rule matching issues Description A vulnerability in username matching for the allow/deny rules may result in wrong matches and detection of the username in the rule due to non-constant execution tim...

Unsafe usage of unserialize function.

PMASA-2010-3 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2010-3 Date: 2010-01-15 Updated: 2010-01-27 Summary Unsafe usage of unserialize function. Description phpMyAdmin used the unserialize PHP function on potentially unsafe data in setup script, what could be potentially used for XSRF attack, which can lead to code...

XSS vulnerability in navigation tree

PMASA-2018-8 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2018-8 Date: 2018-12-07 Summary XSS vulnerability in navigation tree Description A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability was found in the navigation tree, where an attacker can deliver a payload to a user through a specially-crafted database/table name. Severity W...

CSS injection in themes

PMASA-2017-4 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2017-4 Date: 2017-01-24 Summary CSS injection in themes Description It was possible to cause CSS injection in themes by crafted cookie parameters. Severity We consider this to be non critical. Affected Versions All 4.6.x versions prior to 4.6.6, 4.4.x versions...

Multiple vulnerabilities in setup script

PMASA-2016-44 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-44 Date: 2017-01-24 Summary Multiple vulnerabilities in setup script Description A server-side request forgery vulnerability was reported with the setup script. This flaw can allow an unauthenticated attacker to: 1. brute-force passwords of MYSQL servers...

Denial of service (DOS) attack in transformation feature

PMASA-2016-41 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-41 Date: 2016-07-14 Summary Denial of service DOS attack in transformation feature Description A vulnerability was found in the transformation feature allowing a user to trigger a denial-of-service DOS attack against the server. Severity We consider this...

Self-XSS due to unescaped HTML output in schema export.

PMASA-2013-14 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2013-14 Date: 2013-07-28 Updated: 2013-07-30 Summary Self-XSS due to unescaped HTML output in schema export. Description When calling schemaexport.php with crafted parameters, it is possible to trigger an XSS. Severity We consider this vulnerability to be non...

Several XSS vulnerabilities were found in the code.

PMASA-2010-5 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2010-5 Date: 2010-08-20 Summary Several XSS vulnerabilities were found in the code. Description It was possible to conduct a XSS attack using crafted URLs or POST parameters on several pages. Severity We consider this vulnerability to be serious. Mitigation...

XSS in Designer feature

PMASA-2018-3 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2018-3 Date: 2018-06-19 Updated: 2018-06-21 Summary XSS in Designer feature Description A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability was found in the Designer feature, where an attacker can deliver a payload to a user through a specially-crafted database name. Severity...

Possible session manipulation in Swekey authentication.

PMASA-2011-5 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2011-5 Date: 2011-07-02 Updated: 2011-07-03 Summary Possible session manipulation in Swekey authentication. Description It was possible to manipulate the PHP session superglobal using some of the Swekey authentication code. This could open a path for other...

XSS in the import dialog

PMASA-2018-5 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2018-5 Date: 2018-08-21 Summary XSS in the import dialog Description A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability was found in the file import feature, where an attacker can deliver a payload to a user through importing a specially-crafted file. Severity We consider th...

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities

PMASA-2016-69 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-69 Date: 2016-11-25 Updated: 2016-12-06 Summary Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities Description With a crafted username or a table name, it was possible to inject SQL statements in the tracking functionality that would run with the privileges of the...

Multiple XSS vulnerabilities

PMASA-2016-31 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-31 Date: 2016-07-11 Summary Multiple XSS vulnerabilities Description XSS vulnerabilities were discovered in: The database privilege check The "Remove partitioning" functionality Specially crafted database names can trigger the XSS attack. Severity We...

XSS vulnerability in SQL editor.

PMASA-2016-9 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-9 Date: 2016-01-24 Summary XSS vulnerability in SQL editor. Description With a crafted SQL query, it is possible to trigger an XSS attack in the SQL editor. Severity We consider this vulnerability to be non-critical. Mitigation factor This vulnerability ca...

Local file inclusion vulnerability.

PMASA-2013-4 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2013-4 Date: 2013-04-24 Summary Local file inclusion vulnerability. Description In the Export feature, a parameter specifying the export type was not correctly validated, opening the door to a local file inclusion attack. Severity We consider this vulnerability...

Insufficient output sanitizing when generating configuration file.

PMASA-2010-4 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2010-4 Date: 2010-08-20 Summary Insufficient output sanitizing when generating configuration file. Description The setup script used to generate configuration can be fooled using a crafted POST request to include arbitrary PHP code in generated configuration...

Code execution vulnerability

PMASA-2008-7 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2008-7 Date: 2008-09-15 Updated: 2008-09-17 Summary Code execution vulnerability Description We received an advisory from Norman Hippert and we wish to thank him for his work. The serverdatabases.php script was vulnerable to an attack coming from a user who is...

Path disclosure

PMASA-2005-2 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2005-2 Date: 2005-02-26 Summary Path disclosure Description By calling some scripts that are part of phpMyAdmin in an unexpected way especially scripts in the libraries subdirectory, it is possible to trigger phpMyAdmin to display a PHP error message which...

SSRF in replication

PMASA-2017-6 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2017-6 Date: 2017-01-24 Summary SSRF in replication Description For a user with appropriate MySQL privileges it was possible to connect to arbitrary host. Severity We consider this to be non-critical. Mitigation factor The vulnerability is exposed only to MySQL...

Multiple XSS vulnerabilities

PMASA-2016-38 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-38 Date: 2016-07-13 Summary Multiple XSS vulnerabilities Description Multiple XSS vulnerabilities were found in the following areas: Navigation pane and database/table hiding feature. A specially-crafted database name can be used to trigger an XSS attack...

Path traversal with SaveDir and UploadDir

PMASA-2016-37 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-37 Date: 2016-07-12 Summary Path traversal with SaveDir and UploadDir Description A vulnerability was reported with the %u username replacement functionality of the SaveDir and UploadDir features. When the username substitution is configured, a...

Multiple full path disclosure vulnerabilities.

PMASA-2016-1 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-1 Date: 2016-01-23 Summary Multiple full path disclosure vulnerabilities. Description By calling some scripts that are part of phpMyAdmin in an unexpected way, it is possible to trigger phpMyAdmin to display a PHP error message which contains the full path...

HTTP Response Splitting and file inclusion vulnerability.

PMASA-2009-1 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2009-1 Date: 2009-03-24 Summary HTTP Response Splitting and file inclusion vulnerability. Description The BLOB streaming feature allowed attacker to include arbitrary files and inject HTTP headers using crafted URL parameters. Severity We consider this...

XSRF/CSRF vulnerability in phpMyAdmin

PMASA-2017-9 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2017-9 Date: 2017-12-20 Updated: 2018-01-03 Summary XSRF/CSRF vulnerability in phpMyAdmin Description By deceiving a user to click on a crafted URL, it is possible to perform harmful database operations such as deleting records, dropping/truncating tables etc...

Multiple DOS vulnerabilities

PMASA-2016-65 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-65 Date: 2016-11-25 Updated: 2016-12-06 Summary Multiple DOS vulnerabilities Description With a crafted request parameter value it is possible to initiate a denial of service attack in saved searches feature. With a crafted request parameter value it is...

Unsafe handling of preg_replace parameters

PMASA-2016-27 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-27 Date: 2016-06-23 Summary Unsafe handling of pregreplace parameters Description In some versions of PHP, it's possible for an attacker to pass parameters to the pregreplace function which can allow the execution of arbitrary PHP code. This code is not...

Full path disclosure vulnerability in SQL parser.

PMASA-2016-8 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-8 Date: 2016-01-24 Summary Full path disclosure vulnerability in SQL parser. Description By calling a particular script that is part of phpMyAdmin in an unexpected way, it is possible to trigger phpMyAdmin to display a PHP error message which contains the...

Leakage of line count of an arbitrary file.

PMASA-2014-16 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2014-16 Date: 2014-11-20 Summary Leakage of line count of an arbitrary file. Description In the error reporting feature, a parameter specifying the file was not correctly validated, allowing the attacker to derive the line count of an arbitrary file. Severity ...

Self-XSS due to unescaped HTML output in navigation items hiding feature.

PMASA-2014-3 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2014-3 Date: 2014-06-20 Summary Self-XSS due to unescaped HTML output in navigation items hiding feature. Description When hiding or unhiding a crafted table name in the navigation, it is possible to trigger an XSS. Severity We consider this vulnerability to be...

Path disclosure due to missing library.

PMASA-2012-3 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2012-3 Date: 2012-08-09 Summary Path disclosure due to missing library. Description The showconfigerrors.php script does not include a library, so an error message shows the full path of this file, leading to possible further attacks. Severity We consider this...

Local file inclusion.

PMASA-2011-17 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2011-17 Date: 2011-11-10 Summary Local file inclusion. Description Importing a specially-crafted XML file which contains an XML entity injection permits to retrieve a local file limited by the privileges of the user running the web server. Severity We consider...

Insufficient output sanitizing when generating configuration file.

PMASA-2009-3 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2009-3 Date: 2009-03-24 Summary Insufficient output sanitizing when generating configuration file. Description Setup script used to generate configuration can be fooled using a crafted POST request to include arbitrary PHP code in generated configuration file...

XSS vulnerability

PMASA-2006-7 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2006-7 Date: 2006-11-17 Summary XSS vulnerability Description We received a security advisory from laurent gaffié and we wish to thank him for his work. It was possible to produce XSS via table and database comment field and through position parameter. Severity...

Arbitrary file read vulnerability

PMASA-2019-1 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2019-1 Date: 2019-01-21 Summary Arbitrary file read vulnerability Description When AllowArbitraryServer configuration set to true, with the use of a rogue MySQL server, an attacker can read any file on the server that the web server's user can access. phpMyadmi...

CSRF token not stripped from the URL

PMASA-2016-71 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-71 Date: 2016-11-25 Updated: 2016-12-06 Summary CSRF token not stripped from the URL Description When the argseparator is different from its default value of &, the token was not properly stripped from the return URL of the preference import action...

phpinfo information leak value of sensitive (HttpOnly) cookies

PMASA-2016-59 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-59 Date: 2016-11-25 Updated: 2016-12-06 Summary phpinfo information leak value of sensitive HttpOnly cookies Description phpinfo phpinfo.php shows PHP information including values of HttpOnly cookies. Severity We consider this vulnerability to be...

Bypass logout timeout

PMASA-2016-62 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-62 Date: 2016-11-25 Updated: 2016-12-06 Summary Bypass logout timeout Description With a crafted request parameter value it is possible to bypass the logout timeout. Severity We consider this vulnerability to be of moderate severity. Affected Versions All...

Username deny rules bypass (AllowRoot & Others) by using Null Byte

PMASA-2016-60 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-60 Date: 2016-11-25 Updated: 2016-12-06 Summary Username deny rules bypass AllowRoot & Others by using Null Byte Description It is possible to bypass AllowRoot restriction $cfg'Servers'$i'AllowRoot' and deny rules for username by using Null Byte in the...

Self-XSS due to unescaped HTML output in import.

PMASA-2014-1 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2014-1 Date: 2014-02-15 Summary Self-XSS due to unescaped HTML output in import. Description When importing a file with crafted filename, it is possible to trigger an XSS. Severity We consider this vulnerability to be non critical. Mitigation factor This...

Path disclosure due to missing verification of file presence.

PMASA-2012-2 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2012-2 Date: 2012-03-28 Summary Path disclosure due to missing verification of file presence. Description The showconfigerrors.php scripts did not validate the presence of the configuration file, so an error message shows the full path of this file, leading to...

XSS in replication setup.

PMASA-2012-1 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2012-1 Date: 2012-02-18 Summary XSS in replication setup. Description It was possible to conduct XSS using a crafted database name. Severity We consider this vulnerability to be non critical. Mitigation factor The victim would have to willingly click on a...

Local file inclusion.

PMASA-2011-10 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2011-10 Date: 2011-07-23 Summary Local file inclusion. Description Via a crafted MIME-type transformation parameter, an attacker can perform a local file inclusion. Severity We consider this vulnerability to be serious. Mitigation factor The phpMyAdmin's...

XSS when checking tables

PMASA-2025-1 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2025-1 Date: 2025-01-20 Updated: 2025-01-23 Summary XSS when checking tables Description An XSS vulnerability has been discovered with the phpMyAdmin "Check tables" feature. A specially–crafted table or database name could be used to trigger an XSS attack...

Self XSS in central columns feature

PMASA-2018-1 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2018-1 Date: 2018-02-20 Summary Self XSS in central columns feature Description A self-cross site scripting XSS vulnerability has been reported relating to the central columns feature. Severity We consider this vulnerability to be of moderate severity. Mitigati...

Multiple XSS vulnerabilities

PMASA-2016-64 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-64 Date: 2016-11-25 Updated: 2016-12-06 Summary Multiple XSS vulnerabilities Description Several XSS vulnerabilities have been reported, including an improper fix for PMASA-2016-10 and a weakness in a regular expression using in some JavaScript processing...

Referrer leak in url.php

PMASA-2016-50 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-50 Date: 2016-07-24 Summary Referrer leak in url.php Description A vulnerability was discovered where an attacker can determine the phpMyAdmin host location through the file url.php. Severity We consider this to be of moderate severity. Affected Versions...

SQL injection attack

PMASA-2016-40 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-40 Date: 2016-07-14 Summary SQL injection attack Description A vulnerability was reported where a specially crafted database and/or table name can be used to trigger an SQL injection attack through the export functionality. Severity We consider this...

Full path disclosure vulnerability

PMASA-2015-6 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2015-6 Date: 2015-12-25 Summary Full path disclosure vulnerability Description By calling some scripts that are part of phpMyAdmin in an unexpected way, it is possible to trigger phpMyAdmin to display a PHP error message which contains the full path of the...

DoS vulnerability with long passwords.

PMASA-2014-17 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2014-17 Date: 2014-12-03 Summary DoS vulnerability with long passwords. Description With very long passwords it was possible to initiate a denial of service attack on phpMyAdmin. Severity We consider this vulnerability to be serious. Mitigation factor This...